Definition of Res judicata

1. Noun. A matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again.

Exact synonyms: Res Adjudicata
Generic synonyms: Issue, Matter, Subject, Topic

Definition of Res judicata

1. Noun. (legal) An issue that is before a court, has already been decided by another court, and that therefore must be dismissed by the current court. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Res Judicata

rerose
reroute
rerouted
rerouter
rerouters
reroutes
rerouting
reroutings
rerun
rerunning
reruns
res
res adjudicata
res gestae
res ipsa loquitur
res judicata (current term)
res nullius
res publica
resacralize
resacralized
resacralizes
resacralizing
resact
resaddle
resaddled
resaddles
resaddling
resaid
resail
resailed

Literary usage of Res judicata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"res judicata—Order Approving or Disapproving Trustee's Report of Exempted Property res judicata Elsewhere.—The order of the bankruptcy court setting aside ..."

2. The Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Elementary Rules for Conducting by William Mawdesley Best, John Archibald Russell, Appleton Morgan (1882)
"AUTHORITY OF res judicata. PARAGRAPH Maxim " res judicata pro veritate ... But in order to have the effect of res judicata, the decision must be that of a ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The judgment in the suit of Durell in the itate court, formed res judicata against Mrs. Saines. Mr. 3. F. Benjamin, for plaintiff in ..."

4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1903)
"res judicata—Damages not Asserted.—One who is sne<l for the breach of a contract ... res judicata.—Because In a Prior Action a Different Question from that ..."

5. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Distinction between merger and res judicata. The extinction of contract rights ... The doctrines of res judicata include more than can be properly brought ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and Its Application in Practice by Melville Madison Bigelow (1890)
"Application of Rule of res judicata. We turn now to the consideration of these judgments of sister states in their more specific relation to the rule of res ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation and Water Rights: And the Arid Region by Clesson Selwyne Kinney (1912)
"The decree and judgment—As res judicata—As to riparian rights.—The doctrine of appropriation may be deemed a doctrine of fixed rights, and decrees and ..."

8. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"Except in special cases, the plea of res judicata applies not only to points upon which the court was actually required to form an opinion and pronounce ..."

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