estoppel

/e-stop-uhl/US // ɛˈstɒp əl //UK // (ɪˈstɒpəl) //

禁止反悔,反悔,禁反言,禁止反言

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Law.
- : a bar or impediment preventing a party from asserting a fact or a claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took, either by conduct or words, especially where a representation has been relied or acted upon by others.

In the latter statement the members of the Oregon Milling Company, who signed the petition, stated an estoppel to themselves.
It is one of the privileges of deeds as distinguished from simple contracts that they operate by way of estoppel.
Estoppel is said to arise in three ways— by record or judgment, by deed, and by matter in pais or conduct.
History now pleads them as an estoppel against his followers.
No excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of irregularity, no argument of estoppel can be heard.