‘Res Judicata’: [Latin, A thing adjudged.] applicable in both the USA
🇺🇸 UK
🇬🇧 & the ‘Commonwealths’… and most courts systems across the world…
🌍 A rule that a final judgment on the merits by a court having jurisdiction is conclusive between the parties to a suit as to all matters that were litigated or that could have been litigated in that suit.
The U.S.A.
🇺🇸 legal system places a high value on allowing a party to litigate a civil lawsuit for money damages only once.
U.S. courts employ the rule of ‘res judicata’ to prevent a dissatisfied party from trying to litigate the issue a second time.
Short but interesting insight in the attached PDF above
⬆️ and the additional PDF Article preceding this one.
https://t.me/CommonLawLawfulRebellion/395Res Judicata:
https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/res+judicata