res adjudicata

res ad·ju·di·ca·ta  (rz -jd-kät, rs)

n.

Variant of res judicata.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

res adjudicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again res judicata matter, topic, issue, subject - some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"