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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.602

55.602 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term:

(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.

(2) “Out-of-country foreign judgment” 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.

History.—s. 2, ch. 94-239; s. 5, ch. 2005-241.

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Cases Citing Statute 55.602

Total Results: 8

F.V. de Araujo S.A. Madeiras, Agricultora, Industria e Comercio v. Dantzler Lumber & Export Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-10T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: denying recovery of a sum of money . . . .” § 55.602(2) (emphasis added). The May 2004 Order, on its…which are not enforceable under the Act. See § 55.602 (“‘Out-of-country foreign judgment’ means any judgment

Tettamanti v. Opcion Sociedad Anonima

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-07-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 67 So. 3d 356, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 11371, 2011 WL 2848625

Snippet: .3d - , 2009 WL 1212156 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). . § 55.602(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . § 55.603, Fla. Stat.

Kramer v. Von Mitschke-Collande

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-12-31T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 5 So. 3d 689, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 20379, 2008 WL 5412008

Snippet: granting or denying recovery of a sum of money.” Id. § 55.602(2). In April 2000, the District Court of the Canton

Hunt v. Hooper

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-12-11T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 996 So. 2d 940

Snippet: obtained from "foreign states," see § 55.602. See also § 61.503(15), Fla. Stat. (2007) (defining

Iannazzo v. Stanson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-04-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 1005

Snippet: other than the United States or a state therein. § 55.602, Fla. Stat. (2005). The proper statute, however

NY STATE DEPT. OF TAX. AND FIN. v. Klein

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-07-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 852 So. 2d 866

Snippet: Pacific Islands or the Ryukyu Islands." § 55.602(1) & (2), Fla. Stat. (1995). In other words

New York State Dept. of Taxation v. Patafio

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-10-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 829 So. 2d 314

Snippet: Pacific Islands or the Ryukyu Islands." § 55.602(1) & (2), Fla. Stat. (1995). In other words

Nadd v. Le Credit Lyonnais, SA

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-11-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 804 So. 2d 1226

Snippet: County Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act." 55.602 Definitions.As used in this act, the term: (1)