§ 701. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC701]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 13--SERVICE COURTS OF FRIENDLY FOREIGN FORCES
Sec. 701. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a
different meaning--
(a) ``Friendly foreign force'' means any military, naval, or air
force of any friendly foreign state with respect to which this chapter
is operative by virtue of a Presidential declaration as provided in
section 706 of this title.
(b) ``Service court'' means any military, naval, or air force court,
or court martial or similar tribunal of any friendly foreign force
within the United States.
(c) ``United States'' means the United States, its Territories, its
insular possessions, the Canal Zone, and any other place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States.
(June 30, 1944, ch. 326, Sec. 1, 58 Stat. 643; Proc. No. 2695, July 4,
1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (c), see
section 3602(b) of this title.
Codification
The phrase ``(including the Philippine Islands)'' omitted from the
definition of the term ``United States'' in subsection (b), pursuant to
1946 Proc. No. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippine
Islands under the authority of section 1394 of this title, under which
section Proc. No. 2695 is set out as a note.
