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Res Adjudicata

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Res Judicata."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

That which is definitely settled by a judicial decision. See 145 Mo. 162, 46 S. W. 1099.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A common but indefensible misspelling of res judicata. The latter term designates a point or question or subject-matter which was in controversy or dispute and has been authoritatively and finally settled by the decision of a court. Res adjudicata (if there be such a term) could only mean an article or subject of property "awarded to" a given person by the judgment of a court, which might perhaps be the case in repIFrin and similar actions.

Defined under Res in Black's Law Dictionary.