estoppel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: estoppel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for estoppel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
estoppel n a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
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.