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estoppel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rule of evidence |
Examples of estoppel
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In order to preserve equity, the court will likely find an easement by estoppel.
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Promissory estoppel or unjust enrichment may be available, but generally are not.
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Proprietary estoppel is closely related to the doctrine of constructive trust.
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Never sign an estoppel that does not accurately describe your existing lease.
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The status of estoppel by representation of fact is less clear in Australia.
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Hence, promissory estoppel could circumvent the common law rule of Foakes.
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Estoppel applied to estop the city from claiming the contract was invalid.
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Laches has been considered both a reliance-based estoppel, and a sui generis estoppel.
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In English law, estoppel by representation of fact is a term coined by Spencer Bower.
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- A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
- Estoppel in its broadest sense is a legal term referring to a series of legal and equitable doctrines that preclude "a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has, in contemplation of law, been established as the truth, either by the acts of judicial or ...
- Estoppel in English law is a doctrine that may be used in certain situations to prevent a person from relying upon certain rights, or upon a set of facts (e.g. words said or actions performed) which is different from an earlier set of facts.
- A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted
- A doctrine of law that stops one from later denying facts which that person once acknowledged were true and others accepted on good faith.
- A bar created when someone by his action or lack of it indicates that he will not exercise a right he has. He stops himself from exercising his right later, e.g. ...
- A rule of law that when person A, by act or words, gives person B reason to believe a certain set of facts upon which person B takes action, person A cannot later, to his (or her) benefit, deny those facts or say that his (or her) earlier act was improper. ...
- A legal restraint that stops or prevents a person from contradicting or reneging on his previous position or previous assertions or commitments.
- The prevention of one from asserting a legal right because of prior actions inconsistent with the assertion.
