[MODESTINUS libro septimo pandectarum. ] §42.1.1.prRes iudicata dicitur, quae finem controuersiarum pronuntiatione iudicis accipit: quod uel condemnatione uel absolutione contingit.
[MODESTINUS, in the seventh book of the Pandects.] A matter is said to be res iudicata when it receives an end to controversies by the pronouncement of a judge; which happens either by condemnation or by absolution.