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2013-01-30 |
REYES, J. |
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| Under the principle of conclusiveness of judgment, when a right or fact has been judicially tried and determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or when an opportunity for such trial has been given, the judgment of the court, as long as it remains unreversed, should be conclusive upon the parties and those in privity with them.[14] Stated differently, conclusiveness of judgment bars the re-litigation in a second case of a fact or question already settled in a previous case.[15] | |||||