Res Judicata

Set Aside

: (rayz judy-cot-ah) Latin for “the thing has been judged,” meaning the issue before the court has already been decided by another court, between the same parties. therefore, the court will dismiss the case before it as being useless. example: an ohio court determines that john is the father of betty’s child. john cannot raise the issue again in another state. sometimes called res adjudicata.

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