It is not many years since all metals were regarded as the personal property of the feudal lord of the region in which they were found, no matter what rights the lord may have granted for the use of the surface. This idea of sovereignty still exists in many countries and as both gold and silver when coined become currency, the manufacture of currency has always been considered a state monopoly, and mines bearing, gold and silver have been termed royal mines and considered as belonging to the sovereign.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110129 |
Date | January 1953 |
Creators | Ouimet, Paul A. |
Contributors | Baudouin, L. (Supervisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Law. (Department of Law.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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