---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
key: "ptV/ch111"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 111"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/ptV-ch111"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 111 — General Provisions

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure › Part V — Procedure

## Sections

- [§1651. Writs](/usc/28/1651.md)
- [§1652. State laws as rules of decision](/usc/28/1652.md)
- [§1653. Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction](/usc/28/1653.md)
- [§1654. Appearance personally or by counsel](/usc/28/1654.md)
- [§1655. Lien enforcement; absent defendants](/usc/28/1655.md)
- [§1656. Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement](/usc/28/1656.md)
- [§1657. Priority of civil actions](/usc/28/1657.md)
- [§1658. Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress](/usc/28/1658.md)
- [§1659. Stay of certain actions pending disposition of related proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission](/usc/28/1659.md)