Revised Statutes of the United States

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The Revised Statutes of the United States were the first official codification of U.S. federal statutes, organizing and consolidating the general and permanent laws in force as of 1873–1874 into a single, systematic code.

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Revised Statutes of the United States canonical 2
Rev. Stat. U.S. 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf codification of federal statutes ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
authority enacted by Congress and approved by the President ⓘ
basedOn Acts of Congress in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ
citationForm Rev. Stat. U.S. ⓘ
codificationMethod topical arrangement of statutes by subject ⓘ
compiledBy commissioners appointed by the United States Congress ⓘ
contains general and permanent statutes of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfPublication 1874 ⓘ
effectiveDate December 1, 1873 ⓘ
excludes temporary and local statutes not of a general and permanent nature ⓘ
followedBy United States Code ⓘ
hasEdition 1874 edition ⓘ
1878 second edition ⓘ
historicalSignificance first official codification of United States federal statutes ⓘ
influenced development of the United States Code ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect served as prima facie evidence of the law ⓘ
legalForm statutory code ⓘ
legalStatus general and permanent laws of the United States in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ
legalSystem common law system of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
partOf history of United States federal statutory law ⓘ
precededBy uncodified session laws of the United States ⓘ
publisher Government Printing Office ⓘ
purpose to codify and consolidate the general and permanent statutes of the United States ⓘ
to organize federal statutes into a single systematic code ⓘ
replacedBy subsequent codifications and the United States Code ⓘ
scope federal statutory law ⓘ
structure chapters ⓘ
sections ⓘ
titles ⓘ
subjectMatter Indian affairs ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
foreign relations ⓘ
judiciary and judicial procedure ⓘ
military and naval affairs ⓘ
patents and copyrights ⓘ
postal service ⓘ
public lands ⓘ
revenue and customs ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
timeCoverage laws in force as of 1873–1874 ⓘ
usedUntil early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coinage Act of 1873 → codifiedIn → Revised Statutes of the United States ⓘ
Guano Islands Act → locatedInLegalCode → Revised Statutes of the United States ⓘ
Revised Statutes of the United States → citationForm → Rev. Stat. U.S. ⓘ
linked to: Revised Statutes of the United States