Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 60 > Article 30 - Recognition of Judgments

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Foreign judgment: means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except that no judgment of any court in this state shall be a foreign judgment in any other court of this state; and

  (b) "state" means a state of the United States. See Kansas Statutes 60-3001

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201