I like the way you think! Thank you for sharing that....if your memory is correct than this could work out very well!
For those of you, like me, who had no idea what the last two words meant.....
Res judicata (Latin for "a matter [already] judged") is, in both civil law and common law legal systems, a case in which there has been a final judgment and is no longer subject to appeal. The term is also used to refer to the doctrine meant to bar relitigation of such cases between the same parties, which is different between the two legal systems.
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