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chose jugée

chose jugée noun: a point, issue etc. which has already been decided (especially legally) and is therefore not worth discussing.

Noun

chose jugée (plural choses jugées)

  1. A point, issue etc. which has already been decided (especially legally) and is therefore not worth discussing.
    • The Duchess objected to the Amen, which I thought gave an air of forgiveness and chose jugée to the whole thing […]1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald
    • ‘We will not, if you please, argue the matter, which for me is a chose jugée.’1913, Mrs Humphry Ward, The Mating of Lydia

Forms of chose jugée

pluralchoses jugées

Origin of chose jugée

Borrowed from French chose jugée, "judged thing".

Questions about chose jugée

What does chose jugée mean?
Chose jugée means a point, issue etc. which has already been decided (especially legally) and is therefore not worth discussing.
What part of speech is chose jugée?
Chose jugée is a noun.
What is the plural of chose jugée?
The plural of chose jugée is choses jugées.

Words near chose jugée in the dictionary

  1. Chorzów
  2. CHOs
  3. chose
  4. chose in action
  5. chose in possession
  6. chose jugée
  7. chose one's battles
  8. chose one's fighter
  9. chose out
  10. chose sides
  11. chose the wrong horse

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