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31 U.S.C. § 5101

Decimal system

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United States money is expressed in dollars, dimes or tenths, cents or hundreths,11 So in original. Probably should be “hundredths,”. and mills or thousandths. A dime is a tenth of a dollar, a cent is a hundredth of a dollar, and a mill is a thousandth of a dollar.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978, 954 F.2d 1279 (7th Cir. 1992).
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In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978, 954 F.2d 1279 (7th Cir. 1992). “See 31 U.S.C. § 5101 . There is now no bar to judgment in the appropriate currency.”
Cohn v. Tucson Elec. Power Co., 673 P.2d 334 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “§ 371 (1976), now revised and codified as 31 U.S.C.A. § 5101 (1983), stated: “The money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars or units, dimes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and mills or thousandths, .”
Crummey v. Klein Indep. Sch. Dist., 295 F. App'x 625 (5th Cir. 2008). “See 31 U.S.C. § 5101 (“United States money is expressed in dollars, dimes or tenths, cents or hundreths, and mills or thousandths.”
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