chose jugée

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chose jugée, "judged thing".

Noun

chose jugée (plural choses jugées)

  1. A point, issue etc. which has already been decided (especially legally) and is therefore not worth discussing.
    • 1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald:
      The Duchess objected to the Amen, which I thought gave an air of forgiveness and chose jugée to the whole thing []
    • 1913, Mrs Humphry Ward, The Mating of Lydia:
      ‘We will not, if you please, argue the matter, which for me is a chose jugée.’

See also

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chose jugée f (plural choses jugées)

  1. res judicata (something decided on by a court of law)