{"identifier":"/us/usc/t11/s1502","title":11,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1502.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1502.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of this chapter, the term\u2014\n(1) \u201cdebtor\u201d means an entity that is the subject of a foreign proceeding;\n(2) \u201cestablishment\u201d means any place of operations where the debtor carries out a nontransitory economic activity;\n(3) \u201cforeign court\u201d means a judicial or other authority competent to control or supervise a foreign proceeding;\n(4) \u201cforeign main proceeding\u201d means a foreign proceeding pending in the country where the debtor has the center of its main interests;\n(5) \u201cforeign nonmain proceeding\u201d means a foreign proceeding, other than a foreign main proceeding, pending in a country where the debtor has an establishment;\n(6) \u201ctrustee\u201d includes a trustee, a debtor in possession in a case under any chapter of this title, or a debtor under chapter 9 of this title;\n(7) \u201crecognition\u201d means the entry of an order granting recognition of a foreign main proceeding or foreign nonmain proceeding under this chapter; and\n(8) \u201cwithin the territorial jurisdiction of the United States\u201d, when used with reference to property of a debtor, refers to tangible property located within the territory of the United States and intangible property deemed under applicable nonbankruptcy law to be located within that territory, including any property subject to attachment or garnishment that may properly be seized or garnished by an action in a Federal or State court in the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t11/s1502.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1502."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cdebtor\u201d means an entity that is the subject of a foreign proceeding;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cestablishment\u201d means any place of operations where the debtor carries out a nontransitory economic activity;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cforeign court\u201d means a judicial or other authority competent to control or supervise a foreign proceeding;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cforeign main proceeding\u201d means a foreign proceeding pending in the country where the debtor has the center of its main interests;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cforeign nonmain proceeding\u201d means a foreign proceeding, other than a foreign main proceeding, pending in a country where the debtor has an establishment;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ctrustee\u201d includes a trustee, a debtor in possession in a case under any chapter of this title, or a debtor under chapter 9 of this title;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201crecognition\u201d means the entry of an order granting recognition of a foreign main proceeding or foreign nonmain proceeding under this chapter; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1502/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cwithin the territorial jurisdiction of the United States\u201d, when used with reference to property of a debtor, refers to tangible property located within the territory of the United States and intangible property deemed under applicable nonbankruptcy law to be located within that territory, including any property subject to attachment or garnishment that may properly be seized or garnished by an action in a Federal or State court in the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}