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.
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. 897Pub. L. 88–139 § 1 · 77 Stat. 248
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
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
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897
- 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.)