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Full faith and credit
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Full faith and creditIn the conflict of laws, the principle of "full faith and credit" requires courts in one jurisdiction in a federal State to recognize and enforce the laws and court judgments of other jurisdictions within the same State.
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Conflict
The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions, when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare their incompetency.
Faith
Probity; good faith is the very soul of contracts. Faith also signifies confidence, belief; as, full faith and credit ought to be given to the acts of a magistrate while acting within his jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
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Full age
A. person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman.
Full court
When all the judges are present and properly organized, it -is said there is a full court; a court in banc.
Full defence
Pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in the following formula: And the said C D, (the defendant,) by E F, his attorney, comes, and defends the wrong or injury, (or force and injury,) when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages and whatsoever else he ought to defend."
Full defense
In common-law practice, a defense made by the formula "he comes and defends the force and injury when and where it shall behoove him, the damages, and whatever else he ought to defend". Opposed, half-defense: made by the words "he comes and defends the force and injury, and says, etc." 3 Bl. Com. 298.
Fully paid
In relation to a company, when a share is issued, the person applying for it must pay to the company, in cash or equivalent value, the amount of its nominal value together with any premium required by the company. Shares are fully paid when the whole amount has been received by the company. Shares may also be issued on the basis that only part of their price is to be paid at the outset with the remainder being required when called for by the company.
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Fugitive
"1) A runaway, one who is at liberty, and endeavors, by, going away, to escape. 2)Fugitive slave. One who has escaped from the service of his master. 3)Fugitive from justice. Criminal law. One who, having committed a crime within a jurisdiction, goes into another in order to evade the law, and avoid its punishment.
Full age
A. person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman.
Full court
When all the judges are present and properly organized, it -is said there is a full court; a court in banc.
Full defence
Pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in the following formula: And the said C D, (the defendant,) by E F, his attorney, comes, and defends the wrong or injury, (or force and injury,) when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages and whatsoever else he ought to defend."
Full defense
In common-law practice, a defense made by the formula "he comes and defends the force and injury when and where it shall behoove him, the damages, and whatever else he ought to defend". Opposed, half-defense: made by the words "he comes and defends the force and injury, and says, etc." 3 Bl. Com. 298.
Full faith and credit
Fully paid
In relation to a company, when a share is issued, the person applying for it must pay to the company, in cash or equivalent value, the amount of its nominal value together with any premium required by the company. Shares are fully paid when the whole amount has been received by the company. Shares may also be issued on the basis that only part of their price is to be paid at the outset with the remainder being required when called for by the company.
Function
Office. Properly, the occupation of an office; by the performance of its duties, the officer is said to fill his function.
Functional interest analysis
Arthur Taylor von Mehren (supra) and Donald T. Trautman introduced a method of weighing governmental interest, unlike the lex fori rule advocated in Currie's governmental interest analysis. Von Mehren and Trautman called their approach "functional interest analysis", and listed the criteria to be considered when weighing one government's interest against the other. The law to apply using functional analysis would be the law of the jurisdiction with the greatest weight. Multijurisdictional rules were advocated where weighing did not provide a solution.
Functionary
One who is in office or in some public employment.
Functus officio
This term is applied to something which once had life and power, but which now has no virtue whatsoever; as, for example, a warrant of attorney on which a judgment has been entered, is, functus officio, and a second judgment, cannot be entered by virtue of its authority. When arbitrators cannot agree and choose an umpire, they are said to be functi officio. If a bill of exchange be sent to the drawee, and he passes it to the credit of the holder, it is functus officio, and cannot be further negotiated. When an agent has completed the business with which he was entrusted,.his agency is functus officio.
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Conflict
The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions, when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare their incompetency.
Faith
Probity; good faith is the very soul of contracts. Faith also signifies confidence, belief; as, full faith and credit ought to be given to the acts of a magistrate while acting within his jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Full age
A. person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman.
Full court
When all the judges are present and properly organized, it -is said there is a full court; a court in banc.
Full defence
Pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in the following formula: And the said C D, (the defendant,) by E F, his attorney, comes, and defends the wrong or injury, (or force and injury,) when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages and whatsoever else he ought to defend."
Full defense
In common-law practice, a defense made by the formula "he comes and defends the force and injury when and where it shall behoove him, the damages, and whatever else he ought to defend". Opposed, half-defense: made by the words "he comes and defends the force and injury, and says, etc." 3 Bl. Com. 298.
Fully paid
In relation to a company, when a share is issued, the person applying for it must pay to the company, in cash or equivalent value, the amount of its nominal value together with any premium required by the company. Shares are fully paid when the whole amount has been received by the company. Shares may also be issued on the basis that only part of their price is to be paid at the outset with the remainder being required when called for by the company.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Fugitive
"1) A runaway, one who is at liberty, and endeavors, by, going away, to escape. 2)Fugitive slave. One who has escaped from the service of his master. 3)Fugitive from justice. Criminal law. One who, having committed a crime within a jurisdiction, goes into another in order to evade the law, and avoid its punishment.
Full age
A. person is said to have full age at twenty-one years, whether the person be a man or woman.
Full court
When all the judges are present and properly organized, it -is said there is a full court; a court in banc.
Full defence
Pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in the following formula: And the said C D, (the defendant,) by E F, his attorney, comes, and defends the wrong or injury, (or force and injury,) when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages and whatsoever else he ought to defend."
Full defense
In common-law practice, a defense made by the formula "he comes and defends the force and injury when and where it shall behoove him, the damages, and whatever else he ought to defend". Opposed, half-defense: made by the words "he comes and defends the force and injury, and says, etc." 3 Bl. Com. 298.
Full faith and credit
Fully paid
In relation to a company, when a share is issued, the person applying for it must pay to the company, in cash or equivalent value, the amount of its nominal value together with any premium required by the company. Shares are fully paid when the whole amount has been received by the company. Shares may also be issued on the basis that only part of their price is to be paid at the outset with the remainder being required when called for by the company.
Function
Office. Properly, the occupation of an office; by the performance of its duties, the officer is said to fill his function.
Functional interest analysis
Arthur Taylor von Mehren (supra) and Donald T. Trautman introduced a method of weighing governmental interest, unlike the lex fori rule advocated in Currie's governmental interest analysis. Von Mehren and Trautman called their approach "functional interest analysis", and listed the criteria to be considered when weighing one government's interest against the other. The law to apply using functional analysis would be the law of the jurisdiction with the greatest weight. Multijurisdictional rules were advocated where weighing did not provide a solution.
Functionary
One who is in office or in some public employment.
Functus officio
This term is applied to something which once had life and power, but which now has no virtue whatsoever; as, for example, a warrant of attorney on which a judgment has been entered, is, functus officio, and a second judgment, cannot be entered by virtue of its authority. When arbitrators cannot agree and choose an umpire, they are said to be functi officio. If a bill of exchange be sent to the drawee, and he passes it to the credit of the holder, it is functus officio, and cannot be further negotiated. When an agent has completed the business with which he was entrusted,.his agency is functus officio.
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