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Res judicata

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002903

A legal doctrine that prevents the same parties from litigating a claim that has already been judged on its merits by a competent court. Once a final judgment is rendered, the matter is considered settled and cannot be pursued again in another lawsuit. This principle is distinct from collateral estoppel, which bars the relitigation of a specific issue rather than an entire claim.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002903
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002903",
  "term": "Res judicata",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A legal doctrine that prevents the same parties from litigating a claim that has already been judged on its merits by a competent court. Once a final judgment is rendered, the matter is considered settled and cannot be pursued again in another lawsuit. This principle is distinct from collateral estoppel, which bars the relitigation of a specific issue rather than an entire claim.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/res-judicata/"
}

Record 2,918 of 3,682 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.