Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-729
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. "Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary,
house of correction, or other place of penal detention or place
where the prisoner is required to reside or report in lieu of penal
detention, including, but not limited to house arrest, half-way
houses, community or treatment centers;
2. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory of the
United States;
3. "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal
institution in a state and whose testimony is desired in another
state by a grand jury or other criminal proceeding before a court.
1. "Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary,
house of correction, or other place of penal detention or place
where the prisoner is required to reside or report in lieu of penal
detention, including, but not limited to house arrest, half-way
houses, community or treatment centers;
2. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory of the
United States;
3. "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal
institution in a state and whose testimony is desired in another
state by a grand jury or other criminal proceeding before a court.
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