---
title: "Scope; Definitions"
citation: "Fed. R. Crim. P. 1"
authority_id: "AUTH-FRCRIM-P-1"
authority_type: "rule"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_national_procedural_rule"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title18/pdf/USCODE-2024-title18-app.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-FRCRIM-P-1/"
legal_review: "2026-08-24"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 1

## Proposition supported

The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure govern criminal proceedings in United States district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court.

## Material limitation

Rule 1 supplies the rules' institutional scope. Rule 33 supplies the particular new-trial procedure.

## Official source and locator

GovInfo, Title 18 Appendix, Rule 1, printed pages 14–17: <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title18/pdf/USCODE-2024-title18-app.pdf>


## Used in

- [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 — New Trial](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/30-plea-and-trial/rule-33-new-trial.md)