judgment on the merits

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judgment on the merits - judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented

judicial decision, judgment, judgement - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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"Judge Arshad Malik said in his affidavit that he gave a free and fair judgment on the merits and if he wanted to pass the judgment under pressure or because of blackmailing then would not acquit members of Sharif Family in one case or convicted them in another case" the minister maintained.

Video leak or affidavit not quashes verdict against Sharif family

The court states under res judicata, "a final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the parties or their privies from relitigating issues that were or could have been raised in that action." Pueschel v.

The defendants must show that three requirements are met for the application of res judicata: "(1) a final judgment on the merits in a prior suit; (2) an identity of the cause of action in both the earlier and the later suit; and (3) an identity of parties or their privies in the two suits." Id.