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noun Law.
a bar or impediment preventing a party from asserting a fact or a claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took, either by conduct or words, especially where a representation has been relied or acted upon by others.
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Estoppel
is always a great word to know.
So is lien. Does it mean:
| the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation |
| the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact |
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| estoppel (ɪˈstɒpəl) | |
| —n | |
| law See also conclusion a rule of evidence whereby a person is precluded from denying the truth of a statement of facts he has previously asserted | |
| [C16: from Old French estoupail plug, from estoper to stop up; see | |
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