decision on the merits

decision on the merits
An ultimate determination rendered by a court in an action that concludes the status of legal rights contested in a controversy and precludes a later lawsuit on the same cause of action by the parties to the original lawsuit.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


decision on the merits
An ultimate determination rendered by a court in an action that concludes the status of legal rights contested in a controversy and precludes a later lawsuit on the same cause of action by the parties to the original lawsuit.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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