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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Full Faith and Credit Clause canonical	8
Articles of Confederation full faith and credit provision	1
Full Faith and Credit	1
Full Faith and Credit Act	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17001 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Full Faith and Credit Clause
Context triple: [United States Constitution, contains, Full Faith and Credit Clause]

A. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
B. Commerce Clause
The Commerce Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and economic activity among the states and with foreign nations.
C. Funding Act of 1790
The Funding Act of 1790 was a key early U.S. federal law, championed by Alexander Hamilton, that consolidated and refinanced Revolutionary War debts to establish the credit of the new national government.
D. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
E. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Full Faith and Credit Clause
Target entity description: 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.

A. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
B. Commerce Clause
The Commerce Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and economic activity among the states and with foreign nations.
C. Funding Act of 1790
The Funding Act of 1790 was a key early U.S. federal law, championed by Alexander Hamilton, that consolidated and refinanced Revolutionary War debts to establish the credit of the new national government.
D. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
E. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

United States Constitution → contains → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Full Faith and Credit Clause → relatedStatute → Full Faith and Credit Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Full Faith and Credit Act

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

Article IV → containsClause → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution

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

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Extradition Clause → relatedTo → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Guarantee Clause → distinctFrom → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Article IV of the United States Constitution → subjectOf → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasClause → Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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