Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Title 28 - Notes
     THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 646, SEC. 1, 62
                                 STAT. 869
    Part                                                             Sec.
    I.      Organization of Courts                                     1
    II.     Department of Justice                                    501
    III.    Court Officers and Employees                             601
    IV.     Jurisdiction and Venue                                  1251
    V.      Procedure                                               1651
    VI.     Particular Proceedings                                  2201
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1966 - Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 611,
    substituted "Department of Justice" for "United States Attorneys
    and Marshals" in item for part II.
       TABLE SHOWING DISPOSITION OF ALL SECTIONS OF FORMER TITLE 28   
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                Title 28                            Title 28            
            Former Sections                       New Sections          
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    1-4bb                              132-134                          
    1 nt                               133                              
    5                                  135                              
    5a                                 T. 48 Sec. 1392a                 
    5b                                 Elim.                            
    6, 7                               751                              
    8                                  751, 954                         
    9                                  604, 755                         
    9a                                 1915                             
    9a(a)                              753, 1920                        
    9a(b)                              753                              
    9a(c)                              550, 604, 753, 1915              
    9a(d)                              753                              
    9a(e)                              1915                             
    9b                                 Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 75.       
    10                                 457                              
    11, 12                             Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 6(c), Cr. 
                                        Proc. R. 45(c).                 
    13                                 452                              
    14                                 Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 45(c).     
    15                                 141                              
    16                                 140, 296                         
    17                                 291, 292, 295, 296               
    18                                 296                              
    19                                 Rep.                             
    20                                 295                              
    21                                 292                              
    22                                 291, 296                         
    23                                 296                              
    24                                 455                              
    25                                 144                              
    26                                 143                              
    27                                 137                              
    41(1)                              1331, 1332, 1341, 1342, 1345,    
                                        1354, 1359                      
    41(2)                              Rep.                             
    41(3)                              1333, 1356                       
    41(4)                              Rep.                             
    41(5)                              1340                             
    41(6)                              1339                             
    41(7)                              1338                             
    41(8)                              1337                             
    41(9)                              1355                             
    41(10)                             Rep.                             
    41(11)                             1357                             
    41(12-14)                          1343                             
    41(15)                             1344                             
    41(16)                             1348                             
    41(17)                             1350                             
    41(18)                             1351                             
    41(19)                             1334                             
    41(20)                             1346, 2401, 2402                 
    41(21)                             Rep.                             
    41(22)                             Rep.                             
    41(23)                             1337                             
    41(24)                             1353                             
    41(25)                             1357, 1399                       
    41(26)                             1335, 1397, 2361                 
    41(27), (28)                       1336                             
    42                                 1349                             
    43                                 1398                             
    44                                 2321                             
    45                                 Rep.                             
    45a                                2323                             
    46                                 2324                             
    47                                 1253, 2101, 2284, 2325           
    47a                                1253, 2101, 2284                 
    48                                 2322                             
    49-51                              Rep.                             
    52                                 Elim.                            
    53                                 T. 15 Sec. 146a                  
    71                                 1441, 1445, 1447                 
    72                                 1446, 1447                       
    73                                 Rep.                             
    74                                 1443, 1446, 1447                 
    75                                 1446                             
    76                                 1442, 1446, 1447                 
    77                                 1442                             
    78                                 1449                             
    79                                 1450                             
    80                                 1359, 1447, 1919                 
    81                                 1447                             
    82                                 Rep.                             
    83                                 1447, 1448                       
    101                                T. 18 Sec. 3235                  
    102                                T. 18 Sec. 3238                  
    103                                T. 18 Sec. 3237                  
    104                                1395                             
    105                                1396                             
    106-108                            1395                             
    109                                1400, 1694                       
    110                                1394                             
    111                                1391                             
    112                                1391, 1401, 1693, 1695           
    113                                1392                             
    114                                1393, 1441                       
    115                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4(f).     
    116                                1392                             
    117                                754, 1692                        
    118                                1655                             
    119                                1404                             
    120                                Rep.                             
    121                                1405; T. 18 Sec. 3240            
    122                                1656                             
    123                                Rep.                             
    124                                959; T. 18 Sec. 1911             
    124a                               960                              
    125                                959                              
    126                                458                              
    127                                957                              
    128                                604, 752                         
    141                                Rep.                             
    142                                81                               
    143                                82                               
    144                                83                               
    145                                84                               
    146                                85, 140                          
    147                                86                               
    148                                87                               
    149                                89                               
    149a, 149b                         Rep.                             
    150                                90                               
    150a                               Rep.                             
    151                                92                               
    152                                93                               
    153                                94                               
    154, 155                           Rep.                             
    156, 156a                          95                               
    157                                96                               
    158                                97                               
    159                                98                               
    160                                99                               
    161                                Rep.                             
    162                                Rep.                             
    163                                1404                             
    164                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 77.       
    165                                Rep.                             
    166                                100                              
    167                                101                              
    168                                102                              
    169                                103                              
    170                                104                              
    171                                105                              
    172                                106                              
    173                                107                              
    174                                108                              
    175                                109                              
    176                                110                              
    177                                111                              
    178, 178a                          112                              
    179                                113                              
    179a                               Elim.                            
    180                                114                              
    181                                115, 1865                        
    182                                116, 138                         
    182a                               116                              
    183                                117                              
    184                                118                              
    184a                               Elim.                            
    185                                120                              
    186                                121                              
    186a                               Elim.                            
    187                                122                              
    188                                123                              
    189                                124                              
    189a                               Elim.                            
    190                                125                              
    191                                126                              
    192, 192a                          127                              
    193                                128                              
    194                                129                              
    195                                130                              
    196                                131                              
    211                                41                               
    211a                               Rep.                             
    212                                43, 46                           
    213                                44                               
    213a-213h                          Elim.                            
    214                                Rep.                             
    215                                42                               
    216                                45, 47, 292                      
    216a                               45                               
    217                                Rep.                             
    218                                231, 456                         
    219                                2071                             
    220                                547                              
    221                                711, 956                         
    222                                711, 954                         
    222a                               604, 712                         
    223                                48                               
    224                                Rep.                             
    225(a)                             1291, 1293                       
    225(b)                             1292                             
    225(c)                             Rep.                             
    225(d)                             1294                             
    225(e), (f)                        Rep.                             
    226                                Rep.                             
    227                                1292                             
    227a                               1292, 2107                       
    228, 228a                          Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 73.       
    229                                Rep.                             
    230                                2107                             
    231                                2108                             
    241                                171, 173, 453                    
    242                                Rep.                             
    243                                174, 175                         
    244                                791, 795, 956                    
    245                                604                              
    246                                952                              
    247                                Rep.                             
    248                                415, 791                         
    249                                T. 18 Sec. 282                   
    250(1)                             1491, 1501                       
    250(2)                             1503, 2501                       
    250(3)                             1496                             
    250a                               1497, 2501                       
    250b                               Rep.                             
    251                                Rep.                             
    252                                2508                             
    253                                2512                             
    254                                1493, 2510                       
    255                                2510                             
    256                                Rep.                             
    257                                1492, 2509                       
    258                                2412                             
    259                                1502                             
    259a                               T. 25 Sec. 70w (Rep. See T. 28   
                                        Sec. 1505).                     
    260                                1500                             
    261                                2502                             
    262                                2501                             
    263                                792, 2071                        
    264                                459, 953                         
    265                                Rep. See Ct. Claims R. 1, 10, 16 
                                        et seq.(!1)                     
    266                                Rep. See Ct. Claims R. 10.(!1)   
    267, 268                           Rep.                             
    268a                               604, 793                         
    269                                792, 2503                        
    270                                456, 792, 794                    
    271                                Rep.                             
    272                                2507                             
    273                                Rep.                             
    274                                2504                             
    275, 275a                          2505                             
    276                                2503                             
    277                                Rep. See Ct. Claims R. 40 et     
                                        seq.(!1)                        
    278                                2503                             
    278a                               604, 793                         
    279, 280                           2514                             
    281, 282                           2515                             
    283                                2520                             
    283a                               791, 2520                        
    284                                2516                             
    285                                2517                             
    286                                2519                             
    287                                1494, 2511                       
    288                                1255                             
    289                                791                              
    290, 291                           Rep.                             
    292                                2506                             
    293                                Rep.                             
    296                                251-254, 456, 1581, 2071, 2639,  
                                        2640                            
    296a                               456                              
    297                                2636                             
    301                                211-213, 215, 293, 296           
    301a                               213                              
    301b                               (See former 301a)                
    302                                214, 452, 456, 604               
    303                                604, 832                         
    304                                604, 831, 956, 957, 1926         
    305                                604, 831, 833, 834, 956          
    306                                604, 834                         
    307                                211, 2071                        
    308                                1256, 1541                       
    309                                Rep.                             
    309a                               1542                             
    310                                2601                             
    311                                Rep.                             
    312                                216                              
    321                                1                                
    322                                4                                
    323                                3                                
    324                                5                                
    325                                671-673                          
    326                                671, 1737                        
    327                                671, 954                         
    328                                675                              
    329                                6                                
    330                                1911                             
    331                                672                              
    332, 333                           673                              
    334                                411                              
    335                                412                              
    336                                Elim.                            
    337                                413                              
    338                                2                                
    339, 340                           Rep.                             
    341                                1251                             
    342                                1651                             
    343                                1872                             
    344                                1257, 2103, 2106                 
    345                                Rep.                             
    346, 347                           1254                             
    348, 349                           Rep.                             
    349a                               1252, 2101                       
    350                                2101                             
    351                                2102                             
    352                                Rep. See Sup. Ct. R. 32.         
    353                                Rep.                             
    354                                676                              
    371(1)                             Rep.                             
    371(2)                             1355                             
    371(3)                             1333                             
    371(4)                             1333, 1356                       
    371(5)                             1338                             
    371(6)                             1334                             
    371(7)                             1251                             
    371(8)                             1251, 1351                       
    372                                453                              
    373                                454                              
    374                                456                              
    374a                               Elim.                            
    374b                               604                              
    374c, 374d                         752                              
    375                                136, 294, 371                    
    375a                               294, 371                         
    375b-375d                          372                              
    375e                               Rep.                             
    375f                               294                              
    375g, 375h                         373                              
    376, 377                           1651                             
    377a-377c                          D.C. Code, Secs. 16-3501 to      
                                        16-3503                         
    378                                Rep.                             
    379                                2283                             
    380                                1253, 2101, 2281, 2284           
    380a                               1253, 2101, 2282, 2284           
    381                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 65.       
    382                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 65(c).    
    383                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 65(d).    
    384                                Rep.                             
    385                                459; T. 18 Sec. 401              
    386                                T. 18 Secs. 402, 3691            
    387                                T. 18 Sec. 402                   
    388                                Rep.                             
    389                                T. 18 Secs. 402, 3691            
    390                                T. 18 Sec. 3285                  
    390a                               T. 18 Sec. 402                   
    391                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 59, 61;   
                                        Cr. Proc. R. 33, 52.            
    392                                T. 18 Sec. 3043                  
    393                                T. 22 Sec. 258a                  
    394                                1654                             
    395                                556, 955                         
    396                                556, 955                         
    397, 398                           Rep.                             
    399                                1653                             
    400                                2201, 2202                       
    401                                2403                             
    402                                374                              
    411                                1861                             
    412, 412a                          1864                             
    413                                1865                             
    414                                Rep.                             
    415                                1861, 1863                       
    416                                1867, 1868                       
    417                                1866, 1868                       
    417a                               Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 24(c).     
    418                                1866                             
    419                                T. 18 Sec. 3321                  
    420                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(c).      
    421                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(a), (g). 
    422                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(g).      
    423                                1869                             
    424                                1870                             
    425                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 24(b).     
    426                                Rep.                             
    430, 430a                          Rep.                             
    431-432a                           Rep.                             
    433, 434                           Rep.                             
    441-443                            Rep.                             
    444                                601, 603, 606, 608               
    445                                602, 603, 607                    
    446                                604, 609                         
    447                                604, 605                         
    448                                332                              
    449                                333, 456                         
    450                                333, 604, 610                    
    451-453                            2241                             
    454                                2242                             
    455-461                            2243                             
    462                                2252                             
    463(a)                             2253                             
    463(b)-(d)                         Rep.                             
    464                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 73-75,    
                                        81(a)(2).                       
    465                                2251                             
    466                                2253                             
    481                                501                              
    481a                               Elim.                            
    482                                504                              
    483                                502                              
    484                                550                              
    485-489                            547                              
    490                                541                              
    490a                               Elim.                            
    491                                541                              
    492, 493                           542                              
    494                                543                              
    495                                548                              
    496-498                            564                              
    499                                564, 1737                        
    500-502                            564                              
    503                                547                              
    504                                549                              
    504a                               T. 18 Sec. 3053                  
    505                                550                              
    506                                546                              
    507                                554                              
    508                                555                              
    509, 510                           Rep.                             
    511                                506, 544, 545                    
    512                                951                              
    513, 514                           952, 1737                        
    515-517                            952                              
    518, 519                           Rep.                             
    520                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 81(b).    
    521                                Rep.                             
    522                                T. 18 Sec. 2076                  
    523                                953                              
    523a, 523b                         457                              
    524                                505, 541, 751                    
    525                                636, 953                         
    526                                631                              
    527                                631, 958                         
    528                                638                              
    528a                               638, 639                         
    529                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 55.        
    530                                413, 414                         
    530a                               Elim.                            
    531                                T. 18 Sec. 1910                  
    541, 542                           671                              
    543                                1913                             
    544                                604, 711, 961, 962               
    545                                604                              
    546                                711                              
    547                                604, 713                         
    548                                Rep.                             
    549                                1914                             
    550, 551                           Rep.                             
    552                                1917                             
    553                                1914                             
    554                                Rep.                             
    555                                1914                             
    556                                Rep.                             
    557                                604, 751                         
    558                                604                              
    559                                Rep.                             
    560                                604, 962                         
    561, 561a                          604                              
    562                                604, 962                         
    563                                604, 961                         
    564                                Rep.                             
    565, 566                           604                              
    567-569                            751                              
    570                                Rep.                             
    571, 572                           1923                             
    572a                               T. 18 Sec. 155                   
    573                                Rep.                             
    574                                553, 1921                        
    575                                Rep.                             
    576                                553                              
    577                                551, 1929                        
    578                                1923                             
    578a                               551                              
    578b, 578c                         Rep.                             
    579                                508, 552                         
    580                                508                              
    581                                Rep.                             
    582, 583                           552, 553                         
    584, 584a, 585                     553                              
    586                                509, 550                         
    586a                               Rep.                             
    587                                509, 553                         
    588, 589                           Rep.                             
    590                                T. 18 Sec. 203                   
    591                                Rep.                             
    592                                509                              
    593                                510                              
    594                                502                              
    595, 596                           604, 755                         
    597-597c                           635                              
    598-599a                           636                              
    600-600b                           1871                             
    600c                               1821, 1825                       
    600d                               Rep.                             
    601                                Elim.                            
    602                                1824                             
    603-604a                           1823                             
    605                                Rep.                             
    606, 607                           T. 44 Secs. 325, 326 (See Rev.   
                                        T. 44 Table)                    
    608                                1825, 1871                       
    609                                Rep.                             
    631                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 43.       
    632                                T. 18 Sec. 3481                  
    633                                Rep.                             
    634                                T. 18 Sec. 3486                  
    635                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 43(a).    
    636                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 34, 55.   
    637                                2072, 2073                       
    638                                1731                             
    639-641                            Note prec. 1781                  
    642                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 28.       
    643, 644                           Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 26 et seq.
    645                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 27(a)(4). 
    646                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 26 et seq.
    647                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 45; Cr.   
                                        Proc. R. 17.                    
    648                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 45(d);    
                                        Cr. Proc. R. 17(f).             
    649-652                            1782                             
    653                                1781, 1782                       
    654                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 45(e)(1); 
                                        Cr. Proc. R. 17(e).             
    655                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 45; Cr.   
                                        Proc. R. 17.                    
    656                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 17(b).     
    657                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 46(b).     
    658                                Rep.                             
    659                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 46(b).     
    660                                Rep.                             
    661-667                            1733                             
    668                                T. 18 Sec. 3497                  
    669                                Rep.                             
    670                                1743                             
    671                                1733                             
    672                                Rep.                             
    673                                1744                             
    674                                1745                             
    675                                Rep.                             
    676                                1736                             
    677                                1740                             
    678-680                            Rep.                             
    681-684                            1734                             
    685, 686                           1735                             
    687                                1738                             
    688                                1739                             
    689                                1742                             
    690                                T. 30 Sec. 53                    
    695                                1732                             
    695a                               T. 18 Sec. 3491                  
    695b                               T. 18 Sec. 3492                  
    695c                               T. 18 Sec. 3493                  
    695d                               T. 18 Sec. 3494                  
    695e                               1741                             
    695e-1                             T. 22 Sec. 4222                  
    695f                               T. 18 Sec. 3495                  
    695g                               T. 18 Sec. 3496                  
    695h                               Rep.                             
    701                                1782                             
    702                                1785                             
    703, 704                           1782                             
    711-713                            1783                             
    714-718                            1784                             
    721                                1691                             
    722                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4.        
    723                                2071, 2073                       
    723a                               T. 18 Sec. 3772                  
    723a-1                             T. 18 Sec. 3771                  
    723b, 723c                         2072                             
    724                                Rep.                             
    725                                1652                             
    726                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 64.       
    727                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 69.       
    728                                Rep.                             
    729                                T. 42 Sec. 1988                  
    730                                2072, 2073                       
    731                                2071                             
    732-734                            Rep.                             
    735                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4; Cr.    
                                        Proc. R. 4, 9; Adm. R. 1.(!2)   
    736                                Rep.                             
    737                                See 2710                         
    738                                See 2711                         
    739                                See 2712                         
    740                                See 2713                         
    741                                See 2714                         
    742                                See 2715                         
    743                                See 2716                         
    744                                See 2717                         
    745                                Rep.                             
    746                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 64.       
    747                                2463                             
    748-750                            2405                             
    751, 752                           Rep.                             
    753                                Adm. R. 6-8, 10, 12(!2)          
    754                                2464                             
    755-757                            Rep.                             
    758                                636                              
    759, 760                           Rep.                             
    761                                2071, 2072                       
    762                                1402                             
    763                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4(d),     
                                        12(a), 55(e).                   
    764                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 52, 75.   
    765                                2411                             
    766                                2409                             
    767                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4(h).     
    768                                Rep. See Sup. Ct. R. 20.         
    769                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 40.       
    770                                1873                             
    771                                Adm. R. 46(!1/2)(!2)             
    772                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 39(c), 48.
    773                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 38 et seq.
    774                                2406                             
    775                                Rep.                             
    776                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 46, 63,   
                                        75.                             
    777                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 1, 15, 61.
    778-780                            Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 25, 81.   
    780a                               2404                             
    781                                2407                             
    782                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 12(a).    
    783                                Rep.                             
    784                                T. 19 Sec. 579                   
    785                                1874                             
    786                                Rep.                             
    787                                T. 19 Sec. 580                   
    788                                See 2718                         
    789                                Rep.                             
    790                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 75; Adm.  
                                        R. 49.(!2)                      
    791                                2462                             
    792                                2284                             
    811                                1961                             
    811a                               Rep.                             
    812                                1962                             
    813                                Rep.                             
    814                                1962                             
    815                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 41(d),    
                                        42(a), 54(d), 68.               
    816                                Rep.                             
    817                                Elim.                            
    818                                2465                             
    819                                Rep.                             
    820                                Rep.                             
    821                                1928                             
    822                                1918                             
    823, 824                           Rep.                             
    825                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 42(a).    
    826                                Rep.                             
    827                                2465                             
    828                                1922                             
    829                                1927                             
    830                                1920                             
    831                                1924                             
    832-836                            1915                             
    837                                1916                             
    838                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 4.        
    839                                2413                             
    840                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 59, 62.   
    841                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 62(f).    
    842                                2006                             
    843-845                            2007                             
    846                                2005                             
    847                                2001                             
    848                                2004                             
    849                                2002                             
    850                                2003                             
    851                                2041                             
    852                                2042                             
    861                                Rep.                             
    861a                               Rep.                             
    861b                               Elim.                            
    862                                Rep.                             
    863                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 75; Adm.  
                                        R. 49.(!2)                      
    864                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 75(k).    
    865-867                            Rep.                             
    868                                Rep. See Sup. Ct. R. 10, 36.     
    869                                Rep.                             
    870                                2408                             
    871                                2104                             
    872                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 73.       
    873                                Rep.                             
    874                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 62(d),    
                                        73(d); Sup. Ct. R. 36.          
    875                                Rep. See Civ. Proc. R. 46, 52,   
                                        73, 75.                         
    876, 877                           2106                             
    878                                1912                             
    879                                2105                             
    880                                Rep.                             
    901, 902                           2410                             
    903                                1444                             
    904, 905                           2410                             
    906                                Rep.                             
    921                                2672                             
    922                                2673                             
    931(a)                             1346, 1402, 2402, 2411, 2412,    
                                        2674                            
    931(b)                             2675, 2676                       
    932                                1346, 2411                       
    933(a)(1)                          1291                             
    933(a)(2)                          1504, 2110                       
    933(b)                             Rep.                             
    934                                2677                             
    941                                2671                             
    942                                2401                             
    943                                2680                             
    944                                2678                             
    945                                2679                             
    946                                Elim.                            
      (!1) Court of Claims Rules were replaced by U.S. Claims Court
    Rules effective Oct. 1, 1982, and subsequently by United States
    Court of Federal Claims Rules effective Dec. 4, 1992.
      (!2) Admiralty Rules were superseded July 1, 1966, by
    Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims.
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                       ENACTMENT INTO LAW; CITATION                   
      Section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869, provided
    in part: "That title 28 of the United States Code, entitled
    'Judicial Code and Judiciary' is hereby revised, codified, and
    enacted into law, and may be cited as 'Title 28, United States
    Code, section ___.' "
                         LEGISLATIVE CONSTRUCTION                     
      Section 33 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 991, provided
    that: "No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by
    reason of the chapter in Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
    Procedure, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any
    section is placed, nor by reason of the catchlines used in such
    title."
                               SEPARABILITY                           
      Section 34 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 991, provided
    that: "If any part of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure,
    as set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be held invalid, the
    remainder shall not be affected thereby."
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 992, provided
    that: "The provisions of this Act shall take effect on September 1,
    1948."
                   REPEALS; RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES SAVED               
      Section 39 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 992, repealed
    the sections or parts thereof of the Revised Statutes of the United
    States, Statutes at Large, or the Revised Statutes of the District
    of Columbia covering provisions codified in this title, but saved
    any rights or liabilities then existing under said sections or
    parts thereof.
      R.S. Sec. 1012 as affected by act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec.
    291, 36 Stat. 1167 [section 880 of former Title 28, Judicial Code
    and Judiciary], provided that appeals from district courts shall be
    subject to the same rules, regulations, and restrictions as are or
    may be prescribed in law in cases of writs of error. This provision
    was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992.
    Section 2 of act Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, 45 Stat. 54, as amended
    Apr. 26, 1928, ch. 440, 45 Stat. 466; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec.
    23, 62 Stat. 990 [section 861b of former Title 28, Judicial Code
    and Judiciary], provided that: "All Acts of Congress referring to
    writs of error shall be construed as amended to the extent
    necessary to substitute appeal for writ of error."
                              WRITS OF ERROR                          
      Act Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 54 [section 861a of
    former Title 28, Judicial Code and Judiciary], provided that: "The
    writ of error in cases, civil and criminal, is abolished. All
    relief which heretofore [Jan. 31, 1928] could be obtained by writ
    of error shall hereafter be obtainable by appeal." This provision
    was omitted from the 1948 Revised Judicial Code as obsolete, and
    repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992.
    TITLE 28 AS CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LAW; CHANGE OF NAME OF CIRCUIT
                             COURTS OF APPEALS
      Section 2(b) of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 985,
    provided that: "The provisions of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
    Procedure, of the United States Code, set out in section 1 of this
    Act, with respect to the organization of each of the several courts
    therein provided for and of the Administrative Office of the United
    States Courts, shall be construed as continuations of existing law,
    and the tenure of the judges, officers, and employees thereof and
    of the United States attorneys and marshals and their deputies and
    assistants, in office on the effective date of this Act [Sept. 1,
    1948], shall not be affected by its enactment, but each of them
    shall continue to serve in the same capacity under the appropriate
    provisions of title 28, as set out in section 1 of this Act,
    pursuant to his prior appointment: Provided, however, That each
    circuit court of appeals shall, as in said title 28 set out,
    hereafter be known as a United States court of appeals. No loss of
    rights, interruption of jurisdiction, or prejudice to matters
    pending in any of such courts on the effective date of this Act
    shall result from its enactment."
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                    TITLE REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS                
      This title is referred to in title 5 section 8477; title 9
    section 4; title 10 section 1054; title 11 section 105; title 12
    section 2244; title 16 sections 18i, 558c, 742l, 823b, 3375; title
    22 sections 2702, 4606, 6082; title 29 section 2897; title 38
    section 7316; title 42 sections 233, 300g-3, 300i-1, 300j-23,
    3789h, 5055, 8433; title 43 section 1737; title 48 sections 1424-4,
    1614, 1821, 1824.
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