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Same effect, different cause

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | February 27, 2003 - 12:00am

When a matter has already been settled by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment on the merits, that judgment constitutes an absolute bar to a new action or suit invol-ving the same parties and the...

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