preclusion

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Critics may argue that issue preclusion, like universal injunctions, has the potential to chill executive action.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

"The request for preclusion of the penal action against Alvaro Uribe Velez is rejected," said the decision from the tribunal's three magistrates, which was read out during a hearing.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2023

“The negative decision of the Friars cannot be seen as a preclusion to going ahead with Fr. Judge’s cause,” Escalante wrote.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021

He pays extra special attention to the technical questions around claim preclusion and whether a doctrine known as res judicata bars the plaintiffs from even bringing this action in the first instance.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016

Advantages like these he certainly may enjoy in consequence of his preclusion from the higher and wider field of ideas.

From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John