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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