Former owner

(7) “Former owner” means, for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, each person from whom the United States acquired an interest in the tract, or if such person is deceased, his spouse, or if such spouse is deceased, his children.

Source

16 USC § 441l(b)(7)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (subchapter LXI) of this section.

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