### Question
Can you define what member of the former ruling family means?


### Answer
**Member of the former ruling family** is defined as the following in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 31*:

> (1) any person who was at any time between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921, the German Emperor or the ruler of any constituent kingdom of the German Empire, or (2) the wife or any child of such person

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 31*
  - Heading: **TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917 > ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411**

