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18 U.S.C. § 9 — Vessel of the United States defined

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 51 words · no verdicts yet

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This law defines "vessel of the United States." It means a ship owned, fully or partly, by the U.S., a U.S. citizen, or a U.S. corporation. The corporation can be created under federal, state, territory, or district law.

This section defines "vessel of the United States" as the term is used in this title. It means a vessel that belongs, in whole or in part, to the United States itself. It also means a vessel owned, in whole or in part, by a U.S. citizen. It also means a vessel owned by a corporation, as long as that corporation was created under the laws of the United States, or under the laws of any State, Territory, District, or U.S. possession.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The term “vessel of the United States”, as used in this title, means a vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen thereof, or any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 685.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 685

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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