Chapter 28. Sailing Your Vessel Into Port

“Went to see the captain
strangest I could find
Layed my proposition down
Layed it on the line;
I won’t slave for beggar’s pay
likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way
to sink your ship of fools”

-Ship of Fools
The Grateful Dead

Which flag are they flying, matey?

Remember The International Law of the Flag Treaty

- Imagine that you are the captain of a ship at sea; you must fly a flag to identify your country of origin; the STATE is under a FOREIGN FLAG and they want to capture you although you cannot let them.

The Law of the Flag, an International Law, which is recognized by every nation of the planet, is defined as:

” .. a rule to the effect that a vessel is a part of the territory of the nation whose flag she flies. The term is used to designate the RIGHTS under which a ship owner, who sends his vessel into a foreign port, gives notice by his flag to all who enter into contracts with the ship master that he intends the Law of that Flag to regulate those contracts, and that they must either submit to its operation or not contract with him or his agent at all.” Ref.: Ruhstrat v. People, 57 N.E. 41

Remember Title 18 U.S.C. Ch.1, sec. 9 Vessel of the United States defined?

Now, look at the courtroom in this context, as a vessel. The courthouse is in fact a foreign port, and the courtrooms are, by the “doctrine of the four cornering” dry docked Vessels of the United States where, if you board the master’s ship (cross the bar/rail) without correcting for the name, declaring your sovereignty, and your country of origin by your flag you are captured by his crew and you are under his command by “tacit admission”.

Tacit – Existing, inferred, or understood without being openly expressed or stated; implied by silence or silent acquiescence, as a tacit agreement or tacit understanding. Done or made in silence, implied or indicated, but not actually expressed. Manifested by the refraining from contradiction or objection; inferred from the situation and circumstance, in the absence of express matter. (Black’s Law Dictionary 6th Ed.)

Tacit admissions – An acknowledgment or concession of a fact inferred from either silence or from the substance of what one has said.

Maxim of Law – “Tacita quaedam habentur pro expressis” — THINGS UNEXPRESSED ARE SOMETIMES CONSIDERED AS EXPRESSED.