### Question
How is the "member of the former ruling family" defined?


### Answer
The term **member of the former ruling family** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 31* as follows -

> (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**

