§ 456. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC456]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER II--NEUTRALITY
Sec. 456. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter--
(a) The term ``United States'', when used in a geographical sense,
includes the several States and Territories, the insular possessions of
the United States, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia.
(b) The term ``person'' includes a partnership, company,
association, or corporation, as well as a natural person.
(c) The term ``vessel'' means every description of watercraft and
aircraft capable of being used as a means of transportation on, under,
or over water.
(d) The term ``American vessel'' means any vessel documented, and
any aircraft registered or licensed, under the laws of the United
States.
(e) The term ``state'' shall include nation, government, and
country.
(f) The term ``citizen'' shall include any individual owing
allegiance to the United States, a partnership, company, or association
composed in whole or in part of citizens of the United States, and any
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
as defined in subsection (a) of this section.
(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, Sec. 16, 54 Stat. 12; Proc. No. 2695, July 4,
1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (a), see
section 3602(b) of this title.
Codification
Words ``(including the Philippine Islands)'' omitted from definition
of ``United States'' in subsec. (a) pursuant to the authority of Proc.
No. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippines under the
provisions of section 1394 of this title, and which is set out as a note
under section 1394.
