Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part V · Chapter 113 — Process
§ 1691. Seal and teste of process
Statutory text
All writs and process issuing from a court of the United States shall be under the seal of the court and signed by the clerk thereof.
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. § 1691
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)
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Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 721 (R.S. § 911; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167).
Provisions as to teste of process issuing from the district courts were omitted as superseded by Rule 4 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Provision for teste of the Chief Justice of writs and process was omitted as unnecessary.
A provision requiring the United States to bear the expense of providing seals was omitted as unnecessary and obsolete.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Immunity From Seizure Under Judicial Process of Cultural Objects Imported for Temporary Exhibition or Display
Presidential determination of cultural significance of objects and exhibition or display thereof in the national interest, see section 2459 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Credits
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)