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Estoppel

Estoppel Meaning & Definition
Estoppel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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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See Also | rule of evidence

Estoppel In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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