§ 4131 Definitions
§ 4132 Claims authorized
§ 4133 Transfers and assignments
§ 4134 Nationality of claimants
§ 4135 Claims of stockholders
§ 4136 Deductions in making awards
§ 4137 Consolidated awards
§ 4138 Certain awards prohibited
§ 4139 Certification of awards
§ 4140 Claim filing period
§ 4141 Claims settlement period
§ 4142 Notification to claimants
§ 4143 Payment of awards; priorities; limitations
§ 4144 Fees of attorneys and agents
§ 4145 Application of other laws
§ 4146 Transfer of records
§ 4147 Administrative expenses
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 50 > Chapter 51 > Subchapter II - Title II of War Claims Act of 1948

  • association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
  • Commission: means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States established pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1954 (68 Stat. See 50 USC 4131
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Property: means real property and such items of tangible personalty as can be identified and evaluated. See 50 USC 4131
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • whoever: include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals. See 1 USC 1
  • Yugoslavia: when used in their respective geographical senses, mean the territorial limits of each such country or free territory, as the case may be, in continental Europe as such limits existed on December 1, 1937. See 50 USC 4131