full faith and credit clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause. U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1, which requires states to give effect to the acts, public records, and judicial decisions of other states. [Cases: Judgment 815, 828.4; States 5(2).C.J.S. Judgments §§ 969–979, 998, 1002–1003, 1007, 1009, 1011, 1014.]