Definition of Res adjudicata

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Res Adjudicata

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

Literary usage of Res adjudicata

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)
"Adjudication Not res adjudicata as to Amount or Validity of Petitioning Creditor's Claim.—But the decree of adjudication in involuntary bankruptcy is not ..."

2. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1868)
"The Doctrine of res adjudicata and stare decisis. But a question which has arisen and been passed upon in one case may arise again in another, ..."

3. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Prior Appropriation of Water by Samuel Charles Wiel (1911)
"... A decree is not res adjudicata as to rights purchased by ... far a decree based upon the common law of riparian rights is res adjudicata after the State ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"It is held that a matter is not regarded as res adjudicata unless there be a ... To support the plea of res adjudicata, the parties must be the same, ..."

5. Bradbury's Workmen's Compensation and State Insurance Law by Harry Bower Bradbury (1914)
"res adjudicata Weekly payments can be reviewed only if the circumstances have ... res adjudicata. On an application to review the employer is entitled to ..."

6. A Treatise on the Admissibility of Parol Evidence in Respect to Written by Irving Browne (1893)
"res adjudicata—grounds of decision. On a plea of res adjudicata, evidence is admissible to show that a particular matter came in question and was under ..."

7. Grounds and Rudiments of Law by William Taylor Hughes (1908)
"The rules of res adjudicata implicate important rules of pleading and greatly ... Estoppel of record, or res adjudicata depends upon the mandatory record ..."

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