Levying War
English Law: Levying War in the Past
The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part however minute or however remote from the scene of action and who are leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in levying war, within the meaning of the constitution. 4 Cranch R. 473-4; Const. art. 3, s. 3. Vide Treason; Fries’Trial; Pamphl. This is a technical term, borrowed from the English law and its meaning is the same as it is when used in stat. 25 Ed. III.; 4 Cranch’s R. 471; U. S. v. Fries, Pamphl. 167; Hall’s Am. Law Jo. 351; Burr’s Trial; 1 East, P. C. 62 to 77; Alis. Cr. Law of Scotl. 606; 9 C. & P. 129. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]
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- Partialy, this information about levying war is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including levying war.
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