Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1851

Definitions

Known as the North Carolina Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act

The act spans §§ 1C-1850 to 1C-1860 (11 sections).

2009-325, s. 2.

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Foreign country. - A government other than:

a. The United States;

b. A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or

c. Any other government with regard to which the decision in this State 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. - A judgment of a court of a foreign country.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.