A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or the statutes of the United States Virgin Islands may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. The Clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. A judgment so filed shall have the same effect and shall be subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.