Circumstance

Definition - Noun
1 a  : a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another <the ~s constituting fraud or mistake shall be stated ­Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 9(b)>
b  : a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event <a statement...offered to exculpate the accused is not admissible unless corroborating ~s clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement ­State v. Lopez, 764 P.2d 1111 (1988)>
2  pl : situation with regard to wealth <the ~s of the parties before the divorce>



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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