---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 482"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "482"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/482"
units:
  - "Part I — Organization of Courts"
  - "Chapter 23 — Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plans"
---

# §482. Definitions


As used in this chapter, the term “judicial officer” means a United States district court [judge](/usc/28/351.md?p=d-1) or a United States magistrate [judge](/usc/28/351.md?p=d-1).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–650, title I, § 103(a), title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5096, 5117.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.