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Definition of Estoppel
1. Noun. A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled.
Definition of Estoppel
1. n. A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.
Definition of Estoppel
1. Noun. (legal) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted. ¹
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Definition of Estoppel
1. a legal restraint preventing a person from contradicting his own previous statement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estoppel
Literary usage of Estoppel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"at the time of the demise, and he afterwards purchases the land, it will not
enure to the lessee by estoppel.1 He is, however, always estopped from ..."
2. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Starkie, George Morley Dowdeswell, John George Malcolm, George Sharswood (1876)
"Dig., estoppel, BD " Freeman v. Coot, 2 Ex. 654; 13 M. <t W. 820. See Vol.
II., tit. ADMISSION. ... Dig., estoppel, B.; 3 TR 365. ' 1 Salk. 276. ' Co. Litt. ..."
3. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"AN estoppel exists when the insurer has brought about or allowed such conditions
as make it inequitable for him to claim a right to which he would otherwise ..."
4. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"Origin of equitable estoppel. § 803. How far fraud is essential in equitable ...
Operation and extent of the estoppel. § 814. As applied to married women. ..."
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