estoppel
Definition
Legal rule of evidence (and not a cause of action) which (1) prevents a party from making an allegation or denial that contradicts what it had previously stated, or what has been legally established, as the truth, (2) supports a claim for damages of the party that had a good-faith reliance on a misleading representation of another party.
estoppel is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance subject.
estoppel appears in the definition of the following term: negligence rule
estoppel appears in the other terms:
estoppel certificate,
equitable estoppel,
judicial estoppel,
estoppel by laches,
corporation by estoppel doctrine,
estoppel by silence,
partnership by estoppel,
agency by estoppel,
promissory estoppel,
quasi estoppel
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