28 U.S.C. § 1782

28 U.S.C. § 1782

Definition

A federal statute that allows a federal district court to assist a litigant or potential litigant in a foreign proceeding in obtaining evidence located in or possessed by a person in the United States for use in a foreign civil proceeding.

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