res judicata
Noun
Meaning
a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
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Infamia and the censorial verdict was not a judicium or res judicata, Cicero pro Cluentio Oratio 42. for its effects were not lasting, but might be removed by the following censors, or by a lex (roughly "law").
Failure to respond, rebut or object to these facts within thirty (30) days of this notice will constitute full adjudication and final res judicata of this matter.
That, she explained, was not a decision on the merits, a fact that precludes application of the doctrine of res judicata.
This is called res judicata or claim preclusion ("'Res judicata'" is the traditional name going back centuries; the name shifted to "claim preclusion" in the United States over the late 20th century).
By the doctrine of ' Res judicata ', federal courts give "full faith and credit" to State Courts.