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D.C. Code § 15-362

Definitions

Known as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act

The act spans §§ 15–15 (11 sections).

Feb. 24, 2012, D.C

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:

(1) “Foreign country” means a government other than:

(A) The United States;

(B) The District of Columbia, a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or

(C) Any other government with regard to which the decision in the District of Columbia as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.

(2) “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.