32 CFR § 842.46 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s842.46"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 842.46 - Definitions."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "842.46"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AND LITIGATION"
part_number: "842"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 8013, 100 Stat. 1053, as amended; 10 U.S.C. 8013, except as otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "842"
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# 842.46 Definitions.
(a) *Foreign country.* A national state other than the United States, including any place under jurisdiction of the United States in a foreign country.
(b) *Inhabitant of a foreign country.* A person, corporation, or other business association whose usual place of abode is in a foreign country. The term “inhabitant” has a broader meaning than such terms as “citizen” or “national”, but does not include persons who are merely temporarily present in a foreign country. It does not require foreign citizenship or domicile.
(c) *Appointing authority.* An Air Force official authorized to appoint members to foreign claims commissions (FCC).
[55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated at 81 FR 83692, Nov. 22, 2016]