50 USC § 213 - Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings

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title: "50 USC § 213 - Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "213"
section_name: "Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "INSURRECTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 5309; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 253; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167.)"
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# § 213. Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings

Such prizes and capture shall be condemned in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the amount, or in admiralty in any district in which the same may be seized, or into which they may be taken and proceedings first instituted.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 5309; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 253; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5309 derived from , .

Act , conferred the powers and duties of the former circuit courts upon the district courts.

### Amendments

1877—Act , inserted “may” after “any district in which the same”.