691.1132 Definitions.
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691.1132 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a)"Foreign country" means a government other than any of the following:
(i)The United States.
(ii)A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.
(iii)A federally recognized Indian tribe whose tribal court judgments are entitled to recognition and presumed to be valid under a court rule adopted by the supreme court.
(iv)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.
(b)"Foreign-country judgment" means the judgment of a court of a foreign country.
History: 2008, Act 20 , Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008