FORMER ADJUDICATION

By SovConn | June 18, 2016

former adjudication.A judgment in a prior action that resulted in a final determination of the

rights of the parties or essential fact questions and serves to bar relitigation of the issues relevant

to that determination. • Collateral estoppel and res judicata are the two types of former

adjudication. See COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL; RES JUDICATA. [Cases: Judgment 540, 634.

C.J.S. Judgments §§ 697–703, 707, 779–782, 834.][Blacks Law 8th]

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