\nAs used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) 'Foreign Judgment' means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or a court of any other state which is entitled to full faith and credit in this State, except a 'child support order,' as defined in G.S. 52C-1-101 (The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act), a 'custody decree,' as defined in G.S. 50A-102 (The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act), or a domestic violence protective order as provided in G.S. 50B-4(d).\n(2) 'Judgment Debtor' means the party against whom a foreign judgment has been rendered.\n(3) 'Judgment Creditor' means the party in whose favor a foreign judgment has been rendered. (1989, c. 747, s. 1; 1999-23, s. 3; 1999-223, s. 4.)
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