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In the Matter of L---- M

4 I&N Dec. 617 (B.I.A. 1952)
In the Matter of L---- M

4 Cited authorities

  1. Taylor v. Brown

    147 U.S. 640 (1893)   Cited 24 times
    In Taylor v. Brown, the question arose under the proviso to § 15 of an Act of March 3, 1875, c. 131, 18 Stat. 402, 420, that the title to lands acquired by certain Indians under that section should "remain inalienable for a period of five years from the date of the patent.

  2. GRIFFITH ET AL. v. BOGERT ET AL

    59 U.S. 158 (1855)   Cited 16 times
    In Griffith v. Bogert, 18 How. 158, 163, the law of Missouri allowed the lands of a deceased debtor to be sold under execution, but prohibited it from being done until after the expiration of eighteen months from the date of the letters of administration upon his estate.

  3. Section 322.2 - Eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 322.2   Cited 6 times
    Reiterating the same rule

  4. Section 322.1 - What are the definitions used in this part?

    8 C.F.R. § 322.1   Cited 2 times

    As used in this part the term: Adopted means adopted pursuant to a full, final and complete adoption. In the case of an orphan adoption, if a foreign adoption was not full and final, was defective, or the unmarried U.S. citizen parent or U.S. citizen parent and spouse jointly did not see and observe the child in person prior to or during the foreign adoption proceedings, an orphan is not considered to have been adopted and must be readopted in the United States or satisfy the requirements of section