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[beasmith]

I may be misspelling this, but what it means is you cannot try a case in one county and take it to another and try it again.

[Buenchico]

I apologise that my post doesn't answer your question but I notice that it implies different judicial rules in different counties. This site is UK-based and all of our counties have common legislation (except that Scotland has different laws and Northern Ireland occasionally has minor legal differences).

So I'm guessing that you're in the US. In which case, you're far more likely to get an answer on a US website. I suggest trying one of these:
http://answers.yahoo.com

http://www.answerbag.com

I hope that this response doesn't appear unfriendly. We Brits are more than happy to answer questions from anywhere in the world about science, animals, relationships or anything else that doesn't depend upon location, but US laws are vastly different to those of the UK, so we're simply 'out of our depth' with questions like this one.

Chris

PS: If I've misunderstood your question and you're actually in the UK, please explain further as to what you mean.

[Barmaid]

Or do you mean res judicata?

[Barmaid]

Res Judicata is where something has already been litigated on and cannot then be relitigated, in any court, irrespective of the county, unless by way of appeal.

[Buenchico]

I congratulate Barmaid on working out the most likely legal term that the question refers to. (I struggled with a few Latin terms but, unlike Barmaid, I'm not a professional in the field of law).

However, Barmaid writes "irrespective of the county". Perhaps this is different in the USA and therefore the reason for this question?

Chris

[beasmith]

Thank you Barmaid. It is just what I am looking for.
I did not know this site is from the Uk.