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1. collateral estoppel; issue preclusionLaw
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2. Collateral estoppelCollateral estoppel (CE), known in modern terminology as issue preclusion, is a common law estoppel doctrine that prevents a person from relitigating an issue. One summary is that "once a court has decided an issue of fact or law necessary to its judgment, that decision ... preclude[s s] relitigation of the issue in a suit on a different cause of action involving a party to the first case.
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