1999 US Code
Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V - PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 113 - PROCESS
Sec. 1691 - Seal and teste of process
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART V - PROCEDURE CHAPTER 113 - PROCESS Sec. 1691 - Seal and teste of process |
| Contains | section 1691 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945. |
| Statutes at Large References | 36 Stat. 1167 62 Stat. 945 |
§1691. Seal and teste of process
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased 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Provisions as to teste of process issuing from the district courts were omitted as superseded by Rule 4 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.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.
Immunity From Seizure Under Judicial Process of Cultural Objects Imported for Temporary Exhibition or DisplayPresidential 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.
Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureAssistance, attachment, or sequestration, see rule 70, Appendix to this title.
Execution, see rule 69.
Form of summons, see rule 4.
Injunction, see rule 65.
Process, see rule 4.
Subpoenas, see rule 45.
Summons, see rule 4.
Writs of scire facias and mandamus abolished, see rule 81.
Cross ReferencesHabeas corpus, see section 2241 of this title.
Power of courts to issue writs, see section 1651 of this title.
Power of Supreme Court to prescribe rules of procedure and evidence, see section 2072 of this title.
Writs venire facias abolished, see Historical and Revision Notes under section 1867 of this title.
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