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relitigation — n. * * * … Universalium
relitigation — n … Useful english dictionary
estoppel — es·top·pel /e stä pəl/ n [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop] 1: a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another; esp: equitable estoppel in this… … Law dictionary
res judicata — res ju·di·ca·ta / rēz ˌjü di kä tə, rās ˌyü / n [Latin, judged matter] 1: a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a: a claim, issue, or cause of action that is settled by a judgment conclusive as to the rights, questions,… … Law dictionary
Collateral estoppel — (CE), known in modern terminology as issue preclusion, is a common law estoppel doctrine that prevents a person from relitigating an issue. One summary is that once a court has decided an issue of fact or law necessary to its judgment, that… … Wikipedia
Mohegan Indians v. Connecticut — Uncas Mohegan Indians v. Connecticut (1705–1773) was the first indigenous land rights litigation in history in a common law jurisdiction.[1][2] … Wikipedia
collateral estoppel doctrine — Prior judgment between same parties on different cause of action is an estoppel as to those matters in issue or points controverted, on determination of which finding or verdict was rendered. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. v. Union Carbide Corp.,… … Black's law dictionary
collateral estoppel doctrine — Prior judgment between same parties on different cause of action is an estoppel as to those matters in issue or points controverted, on determination of which finding or verdict was rendered. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. v. Union Carbide Corp.,… … Black's law dictionary
res — /riyz/ The subject matter of a trust or will. In the civil law, a thing; an object. As a term of the law, this word has a very wide and extensive signification, including not only things which are objects of property, but also such as are not… … Black's law dictionary
estoppel by judgment — Technically, the bar of a judgment against the relitigation of particular facts and issues, but used sometimes to indicate a bar against the relitigation of particular causes of action. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm § 328. See res judicata … Ballentine's law dictionary
