jurisdictional finality
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Definitions from Case Law
From 375 U.S. 106 - Durfee v. Duke · 1963Most cited · 1,419 citing opinions
a judgment is entitled to full faith and credit—even as to questions of jurisdiction—when the second court's inquiry discloses that those questions have been fully and fairly litigated and finally decided in the court which rendered the original judgment.