ESTOPPEL


Meaning of ESTOPPEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ e-ˈstä-pəl ]

noun

Etymology: probably alteration of Anglo-French estopere stopping, from estoper

Date: 1531

: a legal bar to alleging or denying a fact because of one's own previous actions or words to the contrary

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.