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A court of limited jurisdiction was competent to decide an issue and heard and finally decided it. If…

Explanation VIII to section 11 concerns competence to decide the issue. The first court’s inability to try the later suit does not prevent res judicata when the other…

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A court of limited jurisdiction was competent to decide an issue and heard and finally decided it. If the other requirements for res judicata are met, what effect does that decision have in a later suit that the first court could not try?

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Explanation VIII to section 11 concerns competence to decide the issue. The first court’s inability to try the later suit does not prevent res judicata when the other requirements are satisfied.

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Option A

Explanation VIII removes the requirement that the first court be competent to try the later suit.

Option B

The first court’s competence to decide the issue and its final determination satisfy the special rule for limited jurisdiction.

Option C

Identical relief in both suits is not the condition imposed by Explanation VIII.

Option D

Limited jurisdiction alone does not prevent the issue from being barred.

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