direct estoppel
- A type of estoppel that prevents the same parties from rearguing points or issues that were already decided in a previous legal action for the same cause
- Due to direct estoppel, they couldn't contest the issues which were already resolved in the last trial.
- The judge invoked direct estoppel to stop the litigants from rehashing previously determined matters.
- The principle of direct estoppel was applied to avoid repetitive litigation over the same events.
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