{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-362","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 15-362","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Foreign country” means a government other than:\n(A)\nThe United States;\n(B)\nThe District of Columbia, a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or\n(C)\nAny 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.\n\n(2)\n“Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.","path":["Title 15. Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees.","Subchapter II-A. Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/15-362","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c525fd7dfd23216c478d458acc22eb71e861bdfe912824a94f0840b9f305ab26","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-361","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-15-363"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}