Estoppel by judgment

Definition
: a bar to the relitigation in a second action of issues already determined in a previous action
esp
: See also collateral estoppel
see also former adjudication
compare merger res judicata
b  : the affirmative defense of estoppel
: arising from the operation of estoppel <an entrapment by estoppel>



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