US courts invoke the act-of-state doctrine, whereby their courts will not inquire into the validity of public acts, such as moratoria or freeze orders, of a recognized foreign power having effect within its own territory.
Although in no sense a representative assembly or ‘parliament’, this was a forum for solemn public acts such as the choosing of kings and issuing of laws.
That Clause says, in effect, that states must give effect to each other's public acts, records, and judicial proceedings.
Lines of police, trucks, and tear gas tanks patrolled the streets to impose Argentina's constitutional law banning public acts during pre-election night and on election day.
Later some reservations were created by executive order or by public act.
Definition of public act in US English:
public act
noun
An act of legislation affecting the public as a whole.
公法法令；有关公共利益的法案
Example sentencesExamples
Although in no sense a representative assembly or ‘parliament’, this was a forum for solemn public acts such as the choosing of kings and issuing of laws.
That Clause says, in effect, that states must give effect to each other's public acts, records, and judicial proceedings.
Later some reservations were created by executive order or by public act.
US courts invoke the act-of-state doctrine, whereby their courts will not inquire into the validity of public acts, such as moratoria or freeze orders, of a recognized foreign power having effect within its own territory.
Lines of police, trucks, and tear gas tanks patrolled the streets to impose Argentina's constitutional law banning public acts during pre-election night and on election day.