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collateral estoppel
Matched in: Term collateral estoppel
estoppel
Matched in: Term estoppel
res judicata
doctrine in civil litigation that requires and includes the barring of relitigation of settled matters under merger, bar, collateral estoppel, and direct estoppel : former adjudication compare bar estoppel by judgment at estoppel, merger b : a specific … final determination having the same effect [res judicata precludes only subsequent suits on the same cause of action; collateral estoppel may preclude relitigation of issues in later suits on any cause of action "J. H. Friedenthal et al."]
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Recital
action on the instrument itself, the recitals operate as an estoppel, though would not be so on a collateral matter, Ram Charan Das v. Girja Nandini Devi, AIR 1966 SC 323: (1965) 1 SCWR 837: (1966) 1
preclude
in this jurisdiction]: as a : to prevent (a party) from litigating an action or claim esp. by collateral estoppel or res judicata [they are precluded only because they failed to assert…the grounds for recovery they now assert … 688, 595 F.2d 446 (1979)"] b : to prevent (a claim or action) from being litigated esp. by collateral estoppel or res judicata [the Civil Service Reform Act provides the exclusive address for adverse federal employment actions and
bar
"Martino v. McDonald's System, Inc., 598 F.2d 1079 (1979)"] [a statute of limitations to the present action] compare collateral estoppel at estoppel, merger, res judicata at bar : before the court [in the case at bar] at the
identity
identity pl: -ties 1 : sameness of essential character or aspect [collateral estoppel requires of the issues and the parties] 2 a : separate or distinct existence [when movables lose their
privity
party in ] see also predecessor in interest NOTE: A claim may be barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel if the plaintiff's interests are identical, by relationship or subject matter, to those of a party to a
Preclude
Preclude, means to prevent from litigating an action or claim especially by collateral estoppel or res judicata, Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, 595 F 2d 446 (1979).
Estoppel
Matched in: Term Estoppel
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