FULL FAITH AND CREDIT ACT

Full Faith and Credit Act. A federal statute requiring federal courts to give a state court’s judgment the same preclusive effect as the judgment would have under state law. 28 USCA § 1738. See Migra v. Warren City School Dist. Bd. of Educ., 465 U.S. 75, 81, 104 S.Ct. 892, 896 (1984).