50 U.S.C. § 31
Section 31 · 31 to 39. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 21, 62 Stat. 862
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)
Most recently applied in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (June 2006)
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As used in this Act [sections 1 to 6, 7 to 39, and 41 to 44 of this Appendix], the term “member of the former ruling family” means (1) any person who was at any time between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921, the German Emperor or the ruler of any constituent kingdom of the German Empire, or (2) the wife or any child of such person.
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Definitions generally, see section 2 of this Appendix.
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