restricted lands
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 250 U.S. 58 - Kenny v. Miles · 1919Most cited · 20 citing opinions
the restrictions on alienation imposed by Congress, to protect the Indians from their own incompetency, (p. 61); and (2) that, in the absence of approval by the Secretary, a judgment for partition or sale, in a suit brought under this section in the state court respecting such lapds, is inoperative, so that a finding of heirship, forming a part of it, is not conclusive in other proceedings.
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