Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun res_judicata

1 sense of res judicata

Sense 1
res judicata, res adjudicata -- (a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again)
       => topic, subject, issue, matter -- (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")