Definition of Estopped. Meaning of Estopped. Synonyms of Estopped

- party is said to be estopped from making certain related arguments or claiming certain related rights. The defendant is estopped from presenting the related...
- later insists upon repayment. In a case such as this, the creditor may be estopped from relying on their legal right to repayment, as the creditor has represented...
- in both a national publication... and the local press... defendant is estopped to deny their existence and, as a matter of law, the house is haunted."...
- grantor of a deed (generally the seller of a piece of real property) is estopped (barred) from denying the truth of the deed. The doctrine may only be invoked...
- to re-litigate a matter already ruled on in a previous lawsuit will be estopped from doing so. When a final judgment is entered, the plaintiff is usually...
- the prevention of overuse or abuse of judicial resources. Parties may be estopped from litigating determinations on issues made in prior actions. The determination...
- were to entice their spouse to commit adultery, they might be blocked (or estopped) from divorcing their spouse on grounds of that adultery. See Sargent v...
- sought to recover the back rent from the war years, equity would have estopped him from doing so. Given that the landlord did not wish to recover any...
- found by a civil jury not to have been negligent, a prosecutor may be estopped from charging them criminally. If the plaintiff has shown that the defendant...
- second party may be said to have acquiesced to the claim, and thus to be estopped from later challenging it or making a counterclaim based upon the actions...