matter adjudged

  • 1duly adjudged — Adjudged according to law,–that is, according to the statute governing the subject, and implying the existence of every fact essential to perfect regularity of procedure, and to confer jurisdiction both of the subject matter and of the parties… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 2res — /riyz/ The subject matter of a trust or will. In the civil law, a thing; an object. As a term of the law, this word has a very wide and extensive signification, including not only things which are objects of property, but also such as are not… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3exceptio rei judicate — /aksepsh(iy)ow riyay juwdakeytiy/ An exception or plea of matter adjudged; a plea that the subject matter of the action had been determined in a previous action …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4exceptio rei judicate — /aksepsh(iy)ow riyay juwdakeytiy/ An exception or plea of matter adjudged; a plea that the subject matter of the action had been determined in a previous action …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 5res judicata pro veritate accipitur — /riyz juwdakeyta prow vehrateytiy aksipatar/ A matter adjudged is taken for truth. A matter decided or passed upon by a court of competent jurisdiction is received as evidence of truth …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6cosa juzgada — /kowsa huwsgada/ In Spanish law, a cause or matter adjudged (res judicata) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7cosa juzgada — /kowsa huwsgada/ In Spanish law, a cause or matter adjudged (res judicata) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8transit — A stop over privilege on a continuous journey granted by carrier by which a break de facto in continuity of carriage of goods is disregarded and two legs of a journey are treated as though covered without interruption, uniting both legs into a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9CONFLICT OF LAWS — (also called Private International Law) is a branch of the law dealing with the adjudication of a matter which involves some foreign element, for instance, the fact that one of the parties is a foreign citizen, or that the matter at issue arose,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 10Henry B. Brown and John M. Harlan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) — ▪ Primary Source       By 1896 segregation in railway cars was in effect in all Southern states. In an effort to test the constitutionality of Louisiana s segregation laws, Homer A. Plessy, who was only one eighth African American and could… …

    Universalium