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estoppage

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es⋅top⋅page

  [e-stop-ij]
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–noun
the condition of being estopped.
Origin:
1695–1705; < F; see estop, -age
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es·top   (ě-stŏp')   
tr.v.   es·topped, es·top·ping, es·tops

  1. Law To impede or prohibit by estoppel.

  2. Archaic To stop up.


[Middle English estoppen, from Anglo-Norman estopper, from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, to stop up; see stop.]
es·top'page (ě-stŏp'ĭj) n.
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