Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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claim preclusion

See RES JUDICATA."[T]he principal distinction between claim preclusion and issue preclusion is ... that the former forecloses litigation of matters that have never been litigated. This makes it important to know the dimensions of the claim' that is foreclosed by bringing the first action, but unfortunately no precise definition is possible." Charles Alan Wright, The Law of Federal Courts § 100A, at 723 (5th ed. 1994).

doctrine of preclusion of inconsistent positions

See judicial estoppel under ESTOPPEL.

issue preclusion

See COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL.

preclusion order

An order barring a litigant from presenting or opposing certain claims or defenses for failing to comply with a discovery order.

reclusion

Civil law. Incarceration as punishment for a crime; esp., solitary confinement or confinement at hard labor in a penitentiary.