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10 USC § 8879 - Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8879"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8879 - Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8879"
section_name: "Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal"
chapter_number: 883
chapter_name: "PRIZE"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 483, § 7679; renumbered § 8879, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8879. Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal

Notwithstanding an appeal, the district court may make and execute all necessary orders for the custody and disposal of prize property.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 483, § 7679; renumbered § 8879, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7679 | 34 U.S.C. 1147. | R.S. 565; R.S. 4637. |

and this section reflect—

(1) , , which repealed all laws authorizing distribution of prize proceeds to captors;

(2) Acts of , , and , , which defined the appellate jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts, and provided that the Supreme Court should not directly review district court decisions except in specified cases, not including prize cases; and

(3) , , which repealed the Acts of , and , supra, but enacted similar provisions and changed the name of United States Circuit Courts of Appeals to United States Courts of Appeals for the several circuits.

Reference to the court is omitted from  and from the revised section in view of the 1948 Act.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .