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estoppel |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Estoppel \Es*top"pel\, n. [From {Estop}.] (Law) a 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. b The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable. --Wharton. --Stephen. --Burrill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: estoppel n : a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
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