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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

dismissal with prejudice

See DISMISSAL 11).

dismissal with prejudice.

A dismissal, usu. after an adjudication on the merits, barring the plaintiff from prosecuting any later lawsuit on the same claim. 0 If, after a dismissal with prejudice, the plaintiff files a later suit on the same claim, the defendant in the later suit can assert the defense of res judicata (claim preclusion). See RES JUDICATA.

dismissed with prejudice

removed from the court's docket in such a way that the plaintiff is foreclosed from filing a suit again on the same claim or claims. See dismissal with prejudice under DISMISSAL (1); WITH PREJUDICE.

with prejudice

adv. With loss of all rights; in a way that finally disposes of a party's claim and bars any future action on that claim <dismissed with prejudice>. See dismissal with prejudice under DISMISSAL.