ESTOPPEL


Meaning of ESTOPPEL in English

n.

Pronunciation: e- ' stä-p ə l

Function: 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

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