res judicata
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A legal claim that has already been decided in another lawsuit or proceeding, and therefore must be dismissed.
noun
The legal doctrine that claims that a case already decided in a proceeding may not be brought in any later proceeding.
Etymology
From Latin rēs (“thing, matter, affair”) and jūdicata, feminine nominative singular form of jūdicatus, past participle of jūdico (“judge”).
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.