"with prejudice" meaning in English

See with prejudice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

  1. (formal) Without the possibility of future action that reverses the decision. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-with_prejudice-en-prep_phrase-2qoHD1Rg
  2. (law) Without the possibility of bringing a new case on the same basis.
    Sense id: en-with_prejudice-en-prep_phrase-vhHhOFVh Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: terminate with extreme prejudice
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