{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 36A.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Foreign country\" means a government other than:\n(A) the United States;\n(B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or\n(C) any other government with respect to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's court is initially subject to determination under Section 1, Article IV, United States Constitution (the full faith and credit clause).\n(2) \"Foreign-country judgment\" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 (S.B. 944), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 36A. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.36A.htm#36A.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"db5a8075d2c213fec8415faa1062382e33b99ab768fb9ca0e34800d9306c982d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}