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Res judicata

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res judicata

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Issue estoppel, res judicata

Matched in: Term Issue estoppel, res judicata

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Res judicata pro veritate accipitur

Matched in: Term Res judicata pro veritate accipitur

claim preclusion

claim preclusion : res judicata

former adjudication

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. … 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.

preclude

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 "Roach v. Teamsters … 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 thus s claims

Good cause, sufficient case Difference

succeeding in the two proceedings; and as there-fore furnishing a ground for the inapplicability of the rule of res judicata. As this ground was not seriously mentioned before us, we need not examine it in any detail but … 'sufficient cause' and if so, this cannot help the appellant, since assuming the applicability of the principle of res judicata to the decisions in the two proceedings, if the Court finds in the first proceeding, the lighter burden

res adjudicata

Matched in: Term res adjudicata

privity

an interest [a 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

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