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estoppel
a bar to the relitigation of issues collateral estoppel : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action ;broadly : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation
Judgment
v. Raja Dhanrajgirji Raja Narsingh Girji, AIR 1967 Bom 94. Mere refusal to give interim relief in a litigation where ultimately the relief claimed maybe granted would not amount to a judgment within the meaning of clause
Multiplicity
for an undue dividing or splitting up of a single cause of suit, and thus multiplying subjects of litigation. Equity discourages unreasonable litigation. It would not, therefore, permit a bill to be brought for a part of
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settlement
or process of settling 2 a : an agreement reducing or resolving differences ;esp : an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation [the states finally agreed upon a and a consent decree "W. J. Brennan, Jr."]
class action
is sued on behalf of a class of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and whose rights or liabilities can be more efficiently determined as a group than in
litigious
litigious 1 : prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers esp. to an excessive degree [a stubbornly defendant]
merger
whether two or more offenses deriving from the same conduct remain distinct. 4 : a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based
plea
placitus, past participle of placēre to please, be decided] 1 a : an allegation of fact in civil litigation made in response to a claim compare demurrer b : a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's claim in
preclude
ceremony s the creation of common-law marriages 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
relitigate
relitigate -gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to litigate (a case or a matter) again or anew vi : to litigate a case or a matter again
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