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  2. Sworn declaration - Wikipedia

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    Where allowed, such an endorsement gives the document the same weight as an affidavit, per 28 U.S.C. § 1746 [2] The document is called a sworn declaration or sworn statement instead of an affidavit, and the maker is called a "declarant" rather than an "affiant", but other than this difference in terminology, the two are treated identically by ...

  3. Title 28 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 28 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) is the portion of the United States Code (federal statutory law) that governs the federal judicial system. It is divided into six parts: Part I: Organization of Courts; Part II: Department of Justice; Part III: Court Officers and Employees; Part IV: Jurisdiction and Venue; Part V: Procedure

  4. Federal Tort Claims Act - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Tort Claims Act (August 2, 1946, ch. 646, Title IV, 60 Stat. 812, 28 U.S.C. Part VI, Chapter 171 and 28 U.S.C. § 1346) ("FTCA") is a 1946 federal statute that permits private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States.

  5. Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988 - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to improve the administration of justice by providing greater discretion to the Supreme Court in selecting the cases it will review, and for other purposes. Enacted by: the 100th United States Congress: Citations; Public law: 100-352: Statutes at Large: 102 Stat. 662: Codification; Titles amended: 28 U.S.C.: Judiciary and ...

  6. Statutory declaration - Wikipedia

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    Australian law defines a statutory declaration as a written statement declared to be true in the presence of an authorised witness. The Statutory Declarations Act 1959 governs the use of statutory declarations in matters involving the law of the Australian Commonwealth, Australian Capital Territory, and other territories but not including the Northern Territory.

  7. Tucker Act - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Representative John Randolph Tucker, a Democrat from Virginia, sponsored the Tucker Act.. The Tucker Act (March 3, 1887, ch. 359, 24 Stat. 505, 28 U.S.C. § 1491) is a federal statute of the United States by which the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits.

  8. All Writs Act - Wikipedia

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    The All Writs Act is a United States federal statute, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1651, which authorizes the United States federal courts to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law".

  9. Full Faith and Credit Clause - Wikipedia

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    Federal statutory law (28 USC § 1738) provides that: Such Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which ...