res adjudicata
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of res adjudicata
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He was now consulted by all who could get near him, as a matter of course, and his opinions were received as res adjudicata, as the lawyers have it.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
Even in such a res adjudicata as this the library takes no sides.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Bostwick, Arthur E.
After 1900, for all the gentlemen above referred to, the proposition was always res adjudicata.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
