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full faith and credit

full faith and credit : the recognition and enforcement of the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of one state by another see also Article IV of the Constitution in the back matter compare choice of law, comity, federalism NOTE: Unlike comity, full faith and credit is a requirement created by the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Code. A public law or a judicial decision may not, however, be entitled to full faith and credit for specific reasons (as for having been decided by a court not having jurisdiction). Full faith and credit is given only in civil cases; states recognize each other's criminal laws through the mechanism of extradition. ...


Chock full

Quite full full to capacity choke full as chowder chock full of clams...


Total full time earning

Total full time earning, it can only mean the earnings he earns in a day by working full time on that day, the full time to be in accordance with the period of time given in the notice displayed in the factory for a particular day. This is further apparent from the fact that any payment for overtime or for bonus is not included in computing the total full time earnings, Shankar Balaji Waje v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1962 SC 517 (523): 1962 Supp (1) SCR 249; see also Manglore Ganesh Beedi Works v. Union of India, AIR 1974 SC 1832. [Factories Act, 1948, s. 80]...


Choke full

Full to the brim quite full chock full...


Full blood and half blood

Full blood and half blood, two persons are said to be related to each of the by full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife and by half blood when they are descended from a common ancestor or but by different wives. [Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (25 of 1955), s. 3 (c)](i) two persons are said to be related to each other by full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife, and by half blood when they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives;(ii) two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands;Explanation.--In this clause 'ancestor' includes the father and 'ancestress' the mother. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3(e)]...


Indorsement 'in blank' and 'in full'

Indorsement 'in blank' and 'in full', s. 16 indorse-ment 'in blank' and 'in full' 'indorsee'. - If the indorser signs his name only, the indorsement is said to be 'in blank', and if he adds a direction to pay the amount mentioned in the instrument to, or the order of, a specified person, the indorsement is said to be 'in full', and the person so specified is called the 'indorsee' of the instrument. [Nego-tiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 16]...


full bench

full bench : full court ...


full court

full court : a court with all or the required number of the judges present called also full bench compare en banc, panel ...


full faith and credit clause

full faith and credit clause often cap both Fs & both Cs : the clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the other states ...


Full

Filled up having within its limits all that it can contain supplied not empty or vacant said primarily of hollow vessels and hence of anything else as a cup full of water a house full of people...


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