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The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (FJA 1933) covers judgments or orders made by a recognised court in civil proceed- ings or criminal proceedings for a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured party, as long as it is not in respect of a tax, fine or penalty.

JURISDICTION OF THE COURT The court also is authorized to hold hearings in foreign countries. The different types of cases the court is authorized to decide--that is, its subject matter jurisdiction--are limited and defined by the Constitution and specific laws enacted by the Congress.

?Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, a domestic court shall not recognize or enforce a foreign judgment for defamation unless the domestic court determines that the exercise of personal jurisdic- tion by the foreign court comported with the due process requirements that are imposed on domestic ...

Foreign law is routinely used in American courts, not just in esoteric contexts like the one in Justice Scalia's Schriro opinion, but in routine matters applying existing American legal rules related to family law, contract law, tort law, evidence law, and the like.

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These discretionary grounds include: (1) lack of subject matter jurisdiction; (2) failure to receive notice of the proceedings in the foreign court in sufficient time to allow for defences; (3) the judgment was obtained by fraud; (4) the judg- ment (or the cause of action or claim for relief) is repugnant to the public ...

To have such a judgment recognised an application must be made to the High Court with an authenticated copy of the judgment, along with an appropriately certified English translation.

A judgment obtained from a non-reciprocating territory can be enforced by filing a new suit in an Indian court for which a limitation period of 3 years has been specified under the Limitation Act, 1963, commencing from the date of the said judgment passed by a foreign court.

The enforcement of foreign judgments in England and Wales under the Common Law Regime will only be permitted if the English and Welsh courts are satisfied that the foreign court has jurisdiction on a territorial or consensual basis ing to the rules that English and Welsh law applies in such cases.