cause of action estoppel
C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The bar preventing a party from suing again on a claim that has already been adjudicated.
Because judgment had been entered on the identical claim, cause of action estoppel put an end to the fresh writ.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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