U.S.C. Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE 50 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 13 - INSURRECTION Sec. 213 - Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§213. Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings
Such prizes and capture shall be condemned in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the amount, or in admiralty in any district in which the same may be seized, or into which they may be taken and proceedings first instituted.
(R.S. §5309; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, §1, 19 Stat. 253; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §291, 36 Stat. 1167.)
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. §5309 derived from act Aug. 6, 1861, ch. 60, §2, 12 Stat. 319. Act Mar. 3, 1911, conferred the powers and duties of the former circuit courts upon the district courts.
Amendments 1877—Act Feb. 27, 1877, inserted "may" after "any district in which the same".