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Issue estoppel, res judicata

Issue estoppel, res judicata, there is a distinction between 'issue estoppel' and 'res judicata'. Res judicata debars a court from exercising its jurisdiction to determine thelis if it has attained the finality between the parties whereas the doctrine issue estoppel is invoked against the party, if such an issue is decided against him, he would be estopped from raising the same in the latter proceeding the doctrine of res judicata creates a different kind of estoppel viz., estoppel by accord, Bhanu Kumar Jain v. Archana Kumar, (2005) 1 SCC 787 (798) (Civil PC 1908, s. 11]...

res judicata

res judicata [Latin, judged matter] 1 : a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a : a claim, issue, or cause of action that is settled by a judgment conclusive as to the rights, questions, and facts involved in the dispute b : a judgment, decree, award, or other determination that is considered final and bars relitigation of the same matter [the trial court interpreted the earlier order as a dismissal with prejudice and thus res judicata as to the subsequent complaint "Southeast Mortg. Co. v. Sinclair, 632 So. 2d 677 (1994)"] ;also : the barring effect of such a determination 2 : a principle or doctrine that generally bars relitigation or reconsideration of matters determined in adjudication [the doctrine of res judicata precludes the presentation of issues in a post-conviction petition which have previously been decided upon direct appeal "Stowers v. State, 657 N.E.2d 194 (1995)"]: as a : a broad doctrine in civil litigation that requires and includes ...

estoppel

estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a person from adopting a new position that contradicts a previous position maintained by words, silence, or actions when allowing the new position to be adopted would unfairly harm another person who has relied on the previous position to his or her loss called also estoppel in pais NOTE: Traditionally equitable estoppel required that the original position was a misrepresentation which was being denied in the new position. Some jurisdictions retain the requirement of misrepresentation. estoppel by deed : an estoppel precluding a person from denying the truth of any matter that he or she asserted in a deed esp. regarding his or her title to the property compare after-acquired title a...

former adjudication

former adjudication : a procedural doctrine that bars relitigation by the same parties of the same issues or claims upon which a judgment has already been rendered NOTE: Estoppel by judgment and res judicata are the two branches of former adjudication, although res judicata is often used broadly to mean former adjudication. ...

Res judicata

Res judicata, a final judgment already decided between the same parties or their privies on the same question by a legally constituted Court having jurisdiction is conclusive between the parties, and the issue cannot be raised again. The judgment may have been given by a foreign Court, Tarleton v. Tarleton, 4 M&S 21. A matter which is res judicata cannot be further gone into; but if the decision was obtained by fraud it can be set aside, Cole v. Langford, (1898) 2 QB 36. Criminal proceedings do not constitute a res judicata as regards civil proceedings arising out of the same facts, Caione v. Palace Shipping Co., (1907) 1 KB 670; and see also Anderson v. Collinson, (1901) 2 KB 107. See ESTOPPEL.When it is said that a previous decision is res judicata, it is meant that the right claimed has been adjudicated upon and cannot again be placed in contest between the same parties. A previous decision of a competent Court on fact which are the foundation of the right and the relevant law appli...

Judgment

Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...

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