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Res judicata

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004259

A legal principle that bars the relitigation of a claim or issue that has already been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties from bringing the same lawsuit again after a final judgment has been rendered. It encompasses both claim preclusion, which bars entire claims, and issue preclusion, which bars specific issues.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004259
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004259",
  "term": "Res judicata",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal principle that bars the relitigation of a claim or issue that has already been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties from bringing the same lawsuit again after a final judgment has been rendered. It encompasses both claim preclusion, which bars entire claims, and issue preclusion, which bars specific issues.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/res-judicata/"
}

Record 4,319 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.