Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 847 (Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 225, § 1, 27 Stat. 751; June 19, 1934, ch. 662, 48 Stat. 1119; Apr. 24, 1935, ch. 77, § 1, 49 Stat. 159; June 19, 1935, ch. 276, 49 Stat. 390).

A provision making the section applicable to pending proceedings was deleted as obsolete.

The term “court of the United States” is defined in section 451 of this title.

Changes were made in phraseology.

This section corrects a typographical error in subsection (a) of section 2001 of title 28, U.S.C.

1949—Subsec. (a). Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of “ancillary” in second par.