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18 U.S.C. § 5 — United States defined
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 33 words · no verdicts yet
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This section defines "United States" for Title 18. It means every place and body of water under U.S. jurisdiction, on the mainland or islands. The Canal Zone is left out of that definition.
This section explains what "United States" means in Title 18 whenever the word is used in a territorial sense — meaning it points to land and water, not to the government. Under this meaning, "United States" includes every place and every body of water that the United States has jurisdiction over. That covers both the continental United States and its islands. There is one exception: the Canal Zone does not count as part of the "United States" under this definition.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.
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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