Article 13: Judgments · Last amended 2021 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section defines “Canada” and “Canadian” to cover the country and its provinces and territories, and defines “Canadian judgment” as a judgment from a Canadian court that isn’t itself a recognition of some other country’s judgment.
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In the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act:
(1) Canada means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. Canadian has a corresponding meaning.
(2) Canadian judgment means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country.
Source
Laws 2021, LB501, § 14.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-1350 sets the vocabulary for the Registration Act. “Canada” means the sovereign nation of Canada along with its provinces and territories, and “Canadian” carries the same reach — a judgment from a provincial court counts just as much as one from a federal Canadian court.
“Canadian judgment” gets its own careful definition: a judgment of a court of Canada, but not a judgment in which a Canadian court merely recognized a judgment from some other, non-Canadian country. That carve-out matters. Without it, a foreign judgment from a third country could get funneled through a Canadian court’s recognition of it and then registered in Nebraska under this faster Canadian-specific process, defeating the point of limiting the Registration Act to judgments that are Canadian in their own right.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does “Canada” in this Act include the provinces and territories, or just the federal government?
It includes both. Section 25-1350 defines Canada to mean the sovereign nation along with its provinces and territories.
What counts as a “Canadian judgment” under this Act?
A judgment of a court of Canada — but not a judgment in which a Canadian court recognized a judgment originally entered in some other foreign country.
If a Canadian court recognized a judgment from France, can that recognition be registered in Nebraska under the Canadian Act?
No. The definition of “Canadian judgment” specifically excludes a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country.
Why does the Act exclude Canadian recognitions of other countries’ judgments?
The Registration Act is built around the faster path Canada’s own judgments deserve; letting a Canadian recognition of a third country’s judgment qualify would stretch that fast path to judgments the Act wasn’t designed to cover.
Does a provincial court judgment count the same as a federal Canadian court judgment?
Yes. “Canadian” is defined to correspond with the definition of Canada, which includes the provinces and territories.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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