Section 5301. Definitions  


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  • As used in this article the following definitions
      shall be applicable.
        (a)   Foreign  state.  "Foreign  state"  in  this  article  means  any
      governmental unit other than the United States, or any state,  district,
      commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal
      Zone or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
        (b)  Foreign  country  judgment.  "Foreign  country  judgment" in this
      article means any judgment  of  a  foreign  state  granting  or  denying
      recovery  of  a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or
      other penalty, or a  judgment  for  support  in  matrimonial  or  family
      matters.