Definition of estoppel Estoppel
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What does estoppel mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: estoppels |
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| estoppel - 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- estoppel (n.)
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. - estoppel (n.)
The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.
Part of speech
🔤- estoppel, noun, singular of estoppels.
