Res Judicata

Question 1

res judicata (sec & meaning)

Answer 1

S. 11- no court shall try a suit/issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially in issue in a former suit between the same parties litigating under the same title, in a court competent to try such subsequent suit iin which such issue has been heard and decided by such court.

Question 2

res judicata in English law

Answer 2

estoppel

Question 3

maxim of res judicata

Answer 3

1. interest republicae ut sit finis litium- it concerns the state that there be an end to law suits
2. nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa- no man should be vexed twice for the same cause
3. res judicata pro veritate occipiter- a judicial decision must be accepted as correct.