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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":377420,"section_number":"8.01-465.23","catch_line":"Enforcement of foreign judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.23\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1504967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377399,"identifier":"8.01-465.13:1","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_1","url":"\/8.01-465.13_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.13_1\/","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.13:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:<\/p>

“Foreign country<\/span>” means a government other than any of the following: the United States; a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession<\/span> of the United States; or a government with regard to which the decision in the Commonwealth as to whether to recognize a judgment<\/span> of that government’s courts<\/span> is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.<\/p>

“Foreign-country judgment<\/span>” means a judgment of a court<\/span> of a foreign country<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 8.01-465.13:1)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n“Foreign country” means a government other than any of the\nfollowing: the United States; a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or\ninsular possession of the United States; or a government with regard to which\nthe decision in the Commonwealth as to whether to recognize a judgment of that\ngovernment’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full\nFaith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.\n\n“Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign\ncountry.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 462.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}