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§10701 Definitions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 113— - STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE › § 10701

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Summary

Lists the main words used in this chapter and gives a short meaning for each. Board is the Institute’s Board of Directors. Director is the Institute’s Executive Director. Governor is the chief executive of a State. Institute is the State Justice Institute. Recipient is anyone who gets a grant, contract, or other financial help under this chapter. State includes every U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other U.S. territory or possession. Supreme Court is a State’s highest appeals court unless a constitutional or law-made judicial council replaces it. Domestic violence covers trying to or actually causing bodily injury or illness; rape, sexual assault, or forced sexual acts; threatening someone so they fear serious harm right away; holding someone against their will; and physical or sexual abuse of a child by a spouse, former spouse, or partner.

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As used in this chapter, the term—
(1)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Institute;
(2)“Director” means the Executive Director of the Institute;
(3)“Governor” means the Chief Executive Officer of a State;
(4)“Institute” means the State Justice Institute;
(5)“recipient” means any grantee, contractor, or recipient of financial assistance under this chapter;
(6)“State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States;
(7)“Supreme Court” means the highest appellate court within a State unless, for the purposes of this chapter, a constitutionally or legislatively established judicial council acts in place of that court; and
(8)“domestic violence” means—
(A)any action that constitutes—
(i)attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury or physical illness;
(ii)rape, sexual assault, or causing involuntary deviate sexual intercourse;
(iii)placing by physical menace another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or
(iv)the infliction of false imprisonment;
(B)physically or sexually abusing such minor child if such abuse is inflicted by either of such spouses, former spouses, or partners.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 98–620, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3336, known as the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see

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note below and Tables.

Amendments

1992—Par. (8). Pub. L. 102–528 added par. (8).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 98–620, title II, § 216, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3346, provided that: “The provisions of this title [enacting this chapter and amending section 620 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] shall take effect on October 1, 1985.”

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of 2004 Amendment Pub. L. 108–372, § 1, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1754, provided that: “This Act [amending section 3793, 10703, 10704, and 10713 of this title] may be cited as the ‘State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2004’.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 98–620, title II, § 201, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3336, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and amending section 620 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] may be cited as the ‘State Justice Institute Act of 1984’.”

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 10701

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73