Title 50 of the U.S. Code § 213 - Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings
Full text of § 213 from Title 50 of the United States Code.
§ 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".
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