36-U.S.C.-21705
§21705 – Exclusive Right to Name, Emblems, and Badges
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Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 217 > Section 21705
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- Reference: Section 21705
- Legend: §21705 – Exclusive Right to Name, Emblems, and Badges
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The corporation and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name The American Legion or American Legion. The corporation has the exclusive right to use, manufacture, and control the right to manufacture, emblems and badges the corporation adopts.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1298.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 21705 | 36:44 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons). | Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §§4 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons), 8, 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, 67 Stat. 82. |
| 36:48. |
The word sole is omitted as included in exclusive. The words to have and, in carrying out its purposes, and in carrying out the purposes of the corporation are omitted as unnecessary.
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36-U.S.C.-21503 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Patriotic Organizations
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