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22 U.S.C. 1631: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 21-SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
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§1631. Definitions

As used in this subchapter the term⁠—

(1)  “Person” means a natural person, partnership, association, other unincorporated body, corporation, or body politic.

(2)  “Property” means any property, right, or interest.

(3)  “Treaty of peace”, with respect to a country, means the treaty of peace with that country signed at Paris, France, February 10, 1947, which came into force between that country and the United States on September 15, 1947.

( Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54 , title II, § 201, as added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 645, § 3 , 69 Stat. 562 .)