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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part I · Chapter 5 — District Courts

§ 138. Terms abolished

Statutory text

The district court shall not hold formal terms.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Title 28, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 138

    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897

  2. Pub. L. 88–139 § 1 · 77 Stat. 248

    1. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 138

      Pub. L. 88–139 substituted “The district court shall not hold formal terms” for “The times for holding regular terms of court at the places fixed by this chapter shall be determined by rule of the district court” in section catchline

    2. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 138

      Pub. L. 88–139 substituted “Terms abolished” for “Times for holding regular terms” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 88–139 substituted “The district court shall not hold formal terms” for “The times for holding regular terms of court at the places fixed by this chapter shall be determined by rule of the district court” in text, and “Terms abolished” for “Times for holding regular terms” in section catchline.

0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

This section was substituted for a number of special provisions fixing stated times for holding terms of court in the several districts, in order to vest in the courts wider discretion and promote greater efficiency in the administration of the business of such courts.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1963—Pub. L. 88–139 substituted “The district court shall not hold formal terms” for “The times for holding regular terms of court at the places fixed by this chapter shall be determined by rule of the district court” in text, and “Terms abolished” for “Times for holding regular terms” in section catchline.

Credits

1948–1963 · 2 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897
  2. 1963Pub. L. 88–139, § 1, , 77 Stat. 248.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897; Pub. L. 88–139, § 1, , 77 Stat. 248.)

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