estoppel
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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How to use estoppel in a sentence
In the latter statement the members of the Oregon Milling Company, who signed the petition, stated an estoppel to themselves.
Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon | Frederick Van Voorhies HolmanIt is one of the privileges of deeds as distinguished from simple contracts that they operate by way of estoppel.
estoppel is said to arise in three ways— by record or judgment, by deed, and by matter in pais or conduct.
History now pleads them as an estoppel against his followers.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) | Thomas Hart BentonNo excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of irregularity, no argument of estoppel can be heard.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) | Charles Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for estoppel
/ (ɪˈstɒpəl) /
law a rule of evidence whereby a person is precluded from denying the truth of a statement of facts he has previously asserted: See also conclusion
Origin of estoppel
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