Estoppel

What do we mean by estoppel?

A bar that prevents a person from presenting evidence contradicting a certain established fact. noun

Stoppage; impediment. noun

In law, the stopping of a person by the law from asserting a fact or claim, irrespective of its truth, by reason of a previous representation, act, or adjudication inconsistent therewith. noun

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. noun

The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable. noun

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. noun

A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled noun

(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.

Some legal term that prescribes that when an individual makes any false representation to another, and that other individual goes ahead and acts based on this representation, the one who has made such representation shall afterwards not be allowed to set up what he said was false and to assert the real truth in place of the falsehood which has misled the other. I know it seems tough, try reading it again :-p Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to estoppel:
estoppel, estopped, estoppal, stoppel, stopper, stopped, estopple, estoppels, estophed, stoppen.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word estoppel:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe estoppel:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective estoppel:
certificate, continued, certificates, deed, matter, results, everest, definition, licences.

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