28 USC § 2113 - Definition

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title: "28 USC § 2113 - Definition"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2113"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 133
chapter_name: "REVIEW—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(a)(2)(A), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 590.)"
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# § 2113. Definition

For purposes of this chapter, the terms “State court”, “State courts”, and “highest court of a State” include the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(a)(2)(A), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 590.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective the first day of the seventh calendar month which begins after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under .