Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§2502 Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval
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Title 43, §2502
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Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1162 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 2451 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Feb. 27, 1877. ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.
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43 U.S.C. § 2502
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73