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title: "18 U.S.C. § 23"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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section: "23"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 23 - Court of the United States defined
## Text
As used in this title, except where otherwise expressly provided 22 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. the term “court of the United States” includes the District Court of Guam, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
(Added Pub. L. 103322, title XXXII, § 320914(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2128.)