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Definition: nguyên tắc “vụ án đã xử rồi”.
A more thorough explanation: Estoppel by judgment is a legal doctrine that prevents a party from re-litigating an issue that has already been decided in a previous lawsuit. This doctrine applies when a court has made a final judgment on a particular issue, and that decision is binding on the parties involved in any subsequent legal proceedings. In other words, a party is “estopped” from arguing a different position on the same issue in a later case.
Example: The defendant cannot argue that the contract is invalid due to misrepresentation, as they are estopped by judgment in a previous case where the contract was upheld as valid.