discharge from draft

discharge from draft
A certificate given one who has reported to his draft board for immediate military service but is permitted to return home, without entering the service, because of the termination of hostilities. Patterson v Lamb, 329 US 539, 91 L Ed 485, 67 S Ct 448.

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