Terms Used In Michigan Laws 691.1132

  • Foreign country: means a government other than any of the following:
  (i) The United States. See Michigan Laws 691.1132
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   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.