The fast-thickening disasters of Spain prevented her from doing it, and thus substantially completed the practice or acquiescence of the civilized world, essential to the acceptance of a principle in International Law.
He notes that Spain's inability to act against privateering contributed to a broader acceptance of new international legal principles.
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