Res Judicata

AuthorKenneth L. Karst
Pages2222

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(Latin: "The thing has been adjudicated.") The term is used broadly to refer to two kinds of effect given to a court's judgment: extinguishing claims and thus barring future litigation ("claim preclusion"), or conclusively determining certain issues that might arise in future litigation ("issue preclusion").

KENNETH L. KARST

(1986)

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