Vattel

American  

[faht-l] / ˈfɑt l /

noun

1. Emmerich 1714–67, Swiss jurist and diplomat.

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Example Sentences

Even George Washington neglected to return The Law of Nations by Emer de Vattel and a volume of debates from the English Parliament to the elites-only New York Society Library.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2016

As much perhaps as anyone else, Carr Vattel Van Anda made the New York Times the grey eminence it has become.

From Time Magazine Archive

Locke and Justinian, Mill, Adam Smith, and Vattel divided honors with the Federalist, the Resolutions of ninety-eight, and the Debates of the Constitutional Convention.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

Vattel, his views on the sovereignty of a state, 145.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

What says Vattel, in the passage referred to by my learned friend, Mr. Larocque, and which it is of the utmost importance, in this connection, to keep in mind?

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.