Declaratory Judgment Act

Declaratory Judgment Act
A federal statute, enacted in 1934, providing that in cases of actual controversy the courts of the United States shall have power, upon petition, declaration, complaint, or other appropriate pleadings, to declare rights and other legal relations of any interested party petitioning for such declaration whether or not further relief is or could be prayed, and that such declaration shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree and be reviewable as such. 28 USC §§ 2201, 2202; the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, first proposed in 1922, which has been adopted by the great majority of states, in some instances with slight modifications. See 9A Uniform Laws Annotated, Declaratory Judgments.

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