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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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."...
- 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...
- 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...
- disturbance. By tendering and being refused the cow, the other parties were estopped from then demanding it later. Board of Inland Revenue v. Haddock was dramatised...
- Rules of Court. A party who takes legal action to enforce a contract is estopped from s****ing reformation. Valid contracts may only be rescinded in cases...
- as if it were a limited liability entity or corporation, may later be estopped from arguing that it is not in fact a limited liability entity, in an attempt...