The resolution adopted, which provided for the collection of contract debts, is as follows: "In order to avoid between nations armed conflicts of a purely pecuniary origin arising from contractual debts claimed of the government of one country by the government of another country to be due to its nationals, the signatory powers agree not to have recourse to armed force for the collection of such contractual debts.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
According to the ideas of Englishmen, and of Irish landlords, the land belongs to the owner, and apart from special statutory provisions, the tenant has only a contractual right of possession, during the continuance, and subject to the terms, of his contract.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
John Locke, an Oxford don, physician, and son of an attorney, expressed a view that the monarchy was based on a contractual relationship with the people.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly