“full faith”

The following 2 entries include the term full faith.

full faith and credit

noun

: the recognition and enforcement of the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of one state by another compare choice of law, comity, federalism

full faith and credit clause

noun, often capitalized both Fs & both Cs

: the clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the other states


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