Confiscation Cases

Confiscation Cases
Cases arising under the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, authorizing the confiscation of property used in aiding, abetting or promoting insurrection against the government of the United States. Confiscation Cases (US) 7 Wall 454, 19 L Ed 196; United States v Clarke (US) 20 Wall 92, 22 L Ed 320.

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