Definitions

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
4. Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees
5. Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments
6. Definitions

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.

(Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)

Editor's Notes

Uniform Law: This section is based on § 2 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

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