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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chose jugée, "judged thing".
Noun
chose jugée (plural choses jugées)
- 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)
- res judicata (something decided on by a court of law)