§10701 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Lists meanings of important words used in this chapter. Board is the Institute’s Board of Directors. Director is the Institute’s Executive Director. Governor is a State’s chief executive. Institute is the State Justice Institute. Recipient is anyone who gets a grant, contract, or other financial help under this chapter. State includes each U.S. State, 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 U.S. territory or possession. Supreme Court is the highest appeals court in a State, unless a constitutionally or legally created judicial council serves that role. Domestic violence includes trying to or actually causing physical harm or serious illness, rape or other sexual assault, threatening someone so they fear immediate serious injury, or holding someone against their will. It also covers physically or sexually abusing a minor child when the abuse is by either 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.

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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).

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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’.”

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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.

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