Full Faith and Credit Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Articles of Confederation full faith and credit provision 1
Full Faith and Credit 1
Full Faith and Credit Act 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional clause ⓘ
provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
affects interstate recognition of contract judgments ⓘ
interstate recognition of family law judgments ⓘ
interstate recognition of property judgments ⓘ
appliesTo U.S. states ⓘ
adoption decrees ⓘ
civil judgments ⓘ
divorce decrees ⓘ
marriage recognition issues ⓘ
bindingOn state courts ⓘ
state executive authorities ⓘ
state legislatures ⓘ
constitutionalCategory horizontal federalism provision ⓘ
constitutionalFunction to integrate state legal systems into a national framework ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
Supremacy Clause ⓘ
effectiveJurisdiction interstate relations within the United States ⓘ
enforcedThrough federal judicial review ⓘ
state court obligations under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
fieldOfLaw conflict of laws ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
grantsPowerType power to prescribe the effect of acts, records, and proceedings ⓘ
power to prescribe the manner in which acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved ⓘ
hasLimitation does not require enforcement of certain public policy exceptions ⓘ
does not require enforcement of penal laws of another state ⓘ
historicalOrigin Full Faith and Credit Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Articles of Confederation full faith and credit provision
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
languageBegins "Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State" ⓘ
legalSystem United States law ⓘ
locatedInDocument Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf Article IV ⓘ
surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution
purpose to ensure interstate recognition of legal determinations ⓘ
to prevent parties from escaping legal obligations by crossing state lines ⓘ
to promote unity among the states ⓘ
relatedConcept choice of law ⓘ
interstate comity ⓘ
judgment recognition ⓘ
res judicata ⓘ
relatedStatute Full Faith and Credit Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Full Faith and Credit Act
requiresRecognitionOf judicial proceedings of other states ⓘ
public acts of other states ⓘ
records of other states ⓘ
requiresStatesTo give out-of-state judgments the same effect they have in the rendering state ⓘ
respect final judgments from courts of other states ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article IV → Section 1Title → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Full Faith and Credit
United States Constitution → contains → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
Article IV → containsClause → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution
Guarantee Clause → distinctFrom → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasClause → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
Full Faith and Credit Clause → historicalOrigin → Full Faith and Credit Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation full faith and credit provision
Full Faith and Credit Clause → relatedStatute → Full Faith and Credit Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Full Faith and Credit Act
Extradition Clause → relatedTo → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
Article IV of the United States Constitution → subjectOf → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ