28 USC § 2202 - Further relief

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s2202"
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title: "28 USC § 2202 - Further relief"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2202"
section_name: "Further relief"
chapter_number: 151
chapter_name: "DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 2202. Further relief

Further necessary or proper relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted, after reasonable notice and hearing, against any adverse party whose rights have been determined by such judgment.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 964.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 400 (, as added , ; , ).

This section is based on the second paragraph of , U.S.C., 1940 ed. Other provisions of such section are incorporated in .

Provision in said section 400 that the court shall require adverse parties whose rights are adjudicated to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith, were omitted as unnecessary and covered by the revised section.

Provisions relating to submission of interrogatories to a jury were omitted as covered by rule 49 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Changes were made in phraseology.