1 U.S.C. § 2 — "County" as including "parish", and so forth

Section 2 directs that, in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, the word "county" is read to embrace functionally equivalent territorial subdivisions used by particular States.

Citation: 1 U.S.C. § 2Jurisdiction: United StatesEffective: 1947-07-30

Text

1 U.S.C. § 2

Codified text.

The word "county" includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States.

Editorial note — Source credits

Editorial commentary — not part of the primary text.

Editorial note. Source credits are preserved as editorial metadata derived from the official Office of the Law Revision Counsel publication.

Editorial note. July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.

Revision history

1947-07-30 — Enacted as part of Title 1 (act of July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633).

Canonical source: Office of the Law Revision Counsel, United States Code (https://uscode.house.gov).

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