English translation
Judgments that have acquired the force of res judicata shall be conclusive as to the matters in dispute that they have determined, and no evidence rebutting this presumption may be admitted. However, such judgments shall have this force only in a dispute arising between the same litigants, without any change in their capacities, and concerning the same right in subject matter and cause. The court shall give effect to this force of its own motion. Home Page 684 Law Index Evidence Law Decree-Law No. 39 of 1980 concerning Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters
Arabic original
الاحكام التي حازت حجية الأمر المقضي تكون حجة فيما فصلت فيه من الخصومة
ولا يجوز قبول دليل ينقض هذه القرينة، ولكن لا تكون لتلك الاحكام هذه الحجية الا
في نزاع قام بين الخصوم أنفسهم دون ان تتغير صفاتهم وتعلق بذات الحق محلا وسببا.
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