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[CITE: 31USC9301]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                       SUBTITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS
 
                  CHAPTER 93--SURETIES AND SURETY BONDS
 
Sec. 9301. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``person'' means an individual, a trust, an estate, a 
    partnership, and a corporation.
        (2) ``Government obligation'' means a public debt obligation of 
    the United States Government and an obligation whose principal and 
    interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the Government.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1046.)

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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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9301.................................  6:15(10th, last sentences).
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    In clause (1), the words after the semicolon are omitted as 
unnecessary because of the restatement.
    Clause (2) is substituted for 6:15(last sentence) for consistency 
and to eliminate unnecessary words.
