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res judicata legal definition
noun
Latin
A thing decided. A
doctrine whereby the courtÂ’s decision is binding upon the parties in any and
all subsequent litigation concerning the same case. In effect, it bars the
litigants from seeking to take the same case to another court in hopes of a
different outcome, or of raising new issues that were not raised at the first
trial.
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