{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-34-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-34-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Court” means the superior court.\n(2) “Foreign country” means a government other than:\n(i) The United States;\n(ii) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or\n(iii) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state 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(3) “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 34 Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-34/9-34-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:04Z","sha256":"fe297b98cc5d1110c4aa84b07a5c0514f19eebfd5a244c8aa5cf0c99f5d400fc","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-34-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-34-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}