estoppel

English - Turkish

Definition of estoppel in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) önceki ifadenin savunmayı engellemesi

(Kanun) itiraz hakkının düşmesi

evvelce yapılan bir işin veya verilen ifadenin sonradan ileri sürülen bir iddiayı savunmaya engel olmas

{i} önceki ifadenin savunmayı engellemesi

Related Terms

promissory estoppel

emre dava engeli

English - English

Definition of estoppel in English English dictionary

a legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because conduct by the first party makes, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted

{n} a bar in law, arising from a man's

a legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because conduct by the first party makes, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed make, it unjust for those rights to be asserted

A principle of law that prohibits (stops) a person from defending himself or herself against his or her own acts or lack of action

A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission

An act or statement that prevents a person from later making claims to the contrary

{i} impediment which prevents a party from denying an action which they have committed (Law)

A legal doctrine that prevents a person from denying the truth of a previous representation of fact, especially when the representation has been relied on by the one to whom the statement was made

A person's own act, or acceptance of facts, which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary

(From Old French estoupail: "stopper" or "bung ") Legal rule that one cannot make an allegation or denial of fact that is contrary to one's previous actions or words

- A legal restraint that stops or prevents a person from contradicting or reneging on his previous position or previous assertions or commitments

A legal restraint that stops or prevents a person from contradicting or reneging on their previous position or previous assertions or commitments

a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled

An impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act

A bar which precludes someone from denying the truth of a fact which has been determined in an official proceeding or by an authoritative body

Estoppel is a legal term of art for "stopping" certain outcomes requested by a party to a lawsuit In trademark litigation, the plaintiff is said to be estopped from claiming infringement if plaintiff's actions, or lack thereof, indicated approval of defendant's use of the trademark (acquiescence) Also, Estoppel applies to stop the plaintiff from claiming trademark infringement where the plaintiff delayed for an unreasonably long period of time before beginning enforcement against defendant (laches)

A legal theory under which a person is barred from asserting or denying a fact because of the person's previous acts or words

A legal restraint that stops or prevents a person from contradicting or reneging on his previous position or previous assertions or commitments

A legal doctrine which blocks a person from taking a position on any fact which is contrary to a position that same person previously took on that same fact Also blocks a party from re-opening an issue that has previously been decided by a court

An act or statement that precludes a person from later making claims to the contrary

A bar which precludes a person, in law, from asserting right in contravention of his previous position or representation

Legal doctrine that prevents a person from denying the truth of a previous representation of fact, especially when such representation has been relied on by the one to whom the statement was made

A person's own act, or acceptance of facts, which preclude later claims to the contrary

A legal bar to allowing something from happening

A doctrine which bars one from asserting rights which are inconsistent with a previous position or representation

The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable

A bar to alleging or denying a fact because of one's own previous actions or words to the contrary

A bar created when someone by his action or lack of it indicates that he will not exercise a right he has He stops himself from exercising his right later, e g , if A owns a pen and stands by and watches B sell the pen to C, as if the pen belonged to B, then A cannot later reclaim the pen, arguing that it was his

A rule of law that when person A, by act or words, gives person B reason to believe a certain set of facts upon which person B takes action, person A cannot later, to his (or her) benefit, deny those facts or say that his (or her) earlier act was improper A 1891 English court decision summarized estoppel as "a rule of evidence which precludes a person from denying the truth of some statement previously made by himself"

estoppel is one of those complicated legal concepts designed to prevent an injustice being done by the strict application of law If someone states that something is so and, in reliance upon that statement, another person acts in a particular way, possibly to their detriment, then the person who made the statement is prevented, or estopped, from denying the correctness of the statement which they originally made

Related Terms

estoppel by deed

A legal doctrine under which a first party who purports to sell real property that the first party does not actually own to a second party must actually convey that property to the second party if the first party later acquires title to that property

estoppel by deed

The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act

estoppel by cause of action

prohibition put on trying the same crime more than once (Law)

estoppel by record

forbidding of renewed litigation of a previously litigated case (Law)

estoppel by res judicata

forbidding of renewed litigation of a case for which a verdict has already been reached (Law)

collateral estoppel

The estoppel forbidding again litigating an issue decided in a previous case with the same parties, or even with the same party being estopped

promissory estoppel

A type of estoppel that prevents a person who made a promise from reneging when someone else has reasonably relied on the promise and will suffer a loss if the promise is broken For example, Forrest tells Antonio to go ahead and buy a boat without a motor, because he will sell Antonio an old boat motor at a very reasonable price If Antonio relies on Forrest's promise and buys the motorless boat, Forrest cannot then deny his promise to sell John the motor at the agreed-upon price

promissory estoppel

A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action

promissory estoppel

A promise which estops or legally prevents the promisee from asserting or taking certain action

promissory estoppel

A principle whereby someone who relies on a gratuitous promise may be able to enforce it

Hyphenation

es·top·pel

Etymology

[ e-'stä-p&l ] (noun.) 1531. probably from Middle French estoupail bung, from estouper.