1. Confidence; credit; reliance. Thus, an act may be said to be done “on the faith” of certain representations. 2. Belief; credence; trust. Thus, the constitution provides that “full faith and credit” shall be given to the judgments of each state in the courts of the others. 3. Purpose; intent; sincerity; state of knowledge or design. This is the meaning of the word in the phrases “good faith” and “bad faith.”
In Scotch law. A solemn pledge; an oath. “To make faith” is to swear, with the right hand uplifted, that one will declare the truth. 1 Forb. Inst pt 4, p. 235.