Treasurys. Debt obligations of the federal government backed by the full faith and credit of the government. See TREASURY BILL; TREASURY BOND; TREASURY CERTIFICATE ; TREASURY NOTE. [Cases: United States 89–91. C.J.S. United States §§ 162, 164–167.]
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. A 1950 model statute (now superseded) that sought to unify the way in which interstate support matters were processed and the way in which one jurisdiction’s orders were given full faith and credit in another jurisdiction. • This Act, which was amended in 1958 and 1960, was replaced in
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Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 〈美〉《执行外州法院判决法》 数州采用的一项统一法，它赋予外州法院判决的持有人在对债务人的财产提出请求以及采取扣押的救济手段方面，享有与州内判决的持有人基本上相同的权利。根据该法的定义,「外州法院判决」包括在本州被给予充分信任和尊重〔full faith and credit〕的美国法院或任何其他法院所作的任何判决或决定〔judgment, decree, order〕。
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Uniform Divorce Recognition Act 〈美〉《统一离婚承认法》 若干州采用的一部统一法，主要涉及有关各州之间的充分信任和尊重〔full faith and credit〕以及承认姊妹州〔sister states〕的离婚判决效力的问题。
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Fauntleroy doctrine. The principle that a state must give full faith and credit to another state’s judgment if the other state had proper jurisdiction, even though the judgment is based on a claim that is illegal in the state in which enforcement is sought. Fauntleroy v. Lum, 210 U.S. 230, 28 S.Ct. 641 (1908). [Cases:
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Defense of Marriage Act. A federal statute that (1) provides that no state can be required to recognize or give effect to same-sex marriages, (2) defines the term “marriage” for purposes of federal law as the union of a man and a woman as husband and wife, and (3) defines “spouse” for purposes of federal
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Uniform Divorce Recognition Act. A 1947 model code adopted by some states regarding full-faith-and-credit issues that arise in divorces. — Abbr. UDRA. [Cases: Divorce 351. C.J.S. Divorce §§ 769, 772.]
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negotiation, n. 1. A consensual bargaining process in which the parties attempt to reach agreement on a disputed or potentially disputed matter. • Negotiation usu. involves complete autonomy for the parties involved, without the intervention of third parties. [Cases: Contracts 25. C.J.S. Contracts § 60.] “Negotiation, we may say, ought strictly to be viewed simply
negotiable, adj. 1. (Of a written instrument) capable of being transferred by delivery or indorsement when the transferee takes the instrument for value, in good faith, and without notice of conflicting title claims or defenses. [Cases: Bills and Notes 144. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§§ 127, 129–130, 143.] 2. (Of a deal, agreement,
A municipal bond payable from general revenue rather than from a special fund. • Such a bond has no collateral to back it other than the issuer’s taxing power. — Often shortened to obligation bond. — Also termed full-faith-and-credit bond. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 953.]
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