estoppel
- A legal principle that prevents a person from denying or contradicting a claim or right against another person that was previously admitted or established
- A legal restriction that prevents the same issues from being disputed or litigated again
- Use of estoppel as a legal strategy to challenge the allegations brought against a party
- The court applied the principle of estoppel because the defendant contradicted their previous statement.
- Due to estoppel, the same issues could not be taken up in the new trial.
- The defendant raised an affirmative defense of estoppel in response to the plaintiff's allegations.
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