Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution

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Full Faith and Credit Clause clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution canonical	1
Section 1 of Article IV of the United States Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61072 — 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.

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Target entity: Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Full Faith and Credit Clause, locatedInDocument, Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution]

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
C. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
D. Article II – Bill of Rights
Article II – Bill of Rights is the section of the Constitution of Puerto Rico that enumerates and protects the fundamental civil and political rights of the people of Puerto Rico.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
C. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
D. Article II – Bill of Rights
Article II – Bill of Rights is the section of the Constitution of Puerto Rico that enumerates and protects the fundamental civil and political rights of the people of Puerto Rico.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. states ⓘ state governments ⓘ
articleNumber	IV ⓘ
authorizes	Congress to prescribe the effect of such acts, records, and proceedings ⓘ Congress to prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved ⓘ
bindingOn	all U.S. states ⓘ state courts ⓘ state executive officials ⓘ state legislatures ⓘ
citedAs	U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1 ⓘ
constitutionalLevel	federal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
draftedBy	Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Convention
enables	Congress to enact full faith and credit implementing statutes ⓘ
ensures	that certain legal statuses created by one state are recognized in other states ⓘ that judgments validly rendered in one state are generally recognized in other states ⓘ that official state records are recognized in other states ⓘ
governs	interstate recognition of court judgments ⓘ interstate recognition of laws ⓘ interstate recognition of public records ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted with the original text of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
implementedBy	28 U.S.C. § 1738 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	creates a constitutional obligation of interstate comity ⓘ limits states’ ability to disregard other states’ final judgments ⓘ
locationInDocument	Article IV ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	to ensure continuity of legal rights across state lines ⓘ to promote national unity among the states ⓘ
ratifiedWith	original United States Constitution in 1788 ⓘ
relatedTo	Commerce Clause ⓘ Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ
requiresRecognitionOf	judicial proceedings of every other state ⓘ public acts of every other state ⓘ records of every other state ⓘ
sectionNumber	1 ⓘ
subjectMatter	conflict of laws ⓘ interstate relations ⓘ recognition of judgments ⓘ
textBeginsWith	Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

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

Article IV of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: Article IV

linked to: Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasSection → Section 1 of Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ