relitigationn.
/ˌriːlɪtᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrilɪdəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Subsequent or further litigation; an instance of this.
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1824 W. Johnson Rep. Court of Chancery N.-Y. 7 291 The plaintiffs should..not have sought a relitigation before the same tribunal.
1898 A. C. Freeman Treat. Law Judgem. I. xxiii. 529 The rule inhibiting relitigation of decided issues is in no danger of violation.
1914 Columbia Law Rev. 14 514 Nor should the due process clause be held to require the relitigation of the basic fact of reasonableness before a jury.
1978 Times 3 Nov. 17 The undesirability of relitigation as between barrister and client of what was litigated between the client and his opponent.
1992 P. W. Hogg Constitut. Law of Canada (ed. 3) iv. lvi. 1278 A decision settles the issue, providing certainty and rendering relitigation unnecessary.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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