RCW 6.40A.010: Definitions.

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PDFRCW 6.40A.010

Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Foreign country" means a government other than:

(a) The United States;

(b) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or

(c) 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.

(2) "Foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.

[ 2009 c 363 § 2.]