SECTION I.—STATE RECORDS.
Full faith and credit[1] shall be given in each state to the public acts,[2] records,[3] and judicial proceedings[4]of every other state. And the congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved,[5] and the effect thereof.
[1] That is, such faith and credit as would be given to such acts, etc., in the state in which they originated.
[2] That is, the legislative acts,—the statutes and the constitutions.
[3] Such as the registration of deeds, wills, marriages, journals of the legislature, etc.
[4] The proceedings, judgments, orders, etc., of the courts.
[5] The records of a court are "proved" (that is, shown to be authentic) by the attestation of the clerk, with the seal of the court affixed, and the certificate of the judge. The acts of the legislature are authenticated by the state seal.