22 USC § 1631 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1631"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 1631 - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1631"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "VESTING AND LIQUIDATION OF BULGARIAN, HUNGARIAN, AND RUMANIAN PROPERTY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title II, § 201, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 562.)"
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# § 1631. Definitions

As used in this subchapter the term—

**(1)** “Person” means a natural person, partnership, association, other unincorporated body, corporation, or body politic.

**(2)** “Property” means any property, right, or interest.

**(3)** “Treaty of peace”, with respect to a country, means the treaty of peace with that country signed at Paris, France, February 10, 1947, which came into force between that country and the United States on September 15, 1947.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title II, § 201, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3, 69 Stat. 562.)