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The following is a list of terms of the legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislature operates under the amended Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954. [ 1 ]
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The legislature meets in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
Treaties extended to the United States Virgin Islands (1 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Law of the United States Virgin Islands" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954 [5] is the current Organic Act defining the government of the United States Virgin Islands, which were acquired by the United States through the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. It replaced the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936 [6] and earlier temporary provisions. [7] [8]
Attorneys who practice law in the U.S. Virgin Islands must be admitted to the Virgin Islands Bar through either a bar exam or meeting certain requirements for admission on the basis of experience in another reciprocal jurisdiction. [60] The bar exam consists of a standard American Bar Association multistate exam and a local law essay exam.
The District Court of the Virgin Islands [1] (in case citations, D.V.I.) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over federal and diversity actions in the United States Virgin Islands, a United States territory and more specifically an insular area that is an unincorporated organized territory.
The Virgin Islands government is organized under the provisions of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 and the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. [1] [2] On October 21, 1976, Congress passed Pub. L. 94–584 (subsequently amended by Pub. L. 96-597, title V, Sec. 501, Dec. 24, 1980) authorizing the people of the United States Virgin Islands ...
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