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estoppel

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

Noun

estoppel (countable and uncountable, plural estoppels)

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

estoppel meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

estoppel in Tamil

முரண்தடை

estoppel in Tagalog

legal principle in the law of equity
hadlang

Forms of estoppel

pluralestoppels

Origin of estoppel

From Middle English *estoppel (found only as stoppel, stoppell, stopple, etc.), probably from Old French estoupail, estopail, estopaille, a bung made of oakum (étoupe), from Latin stuppa ("flax, tow"), from Ancient Greek στύππη (stuppē).

Words formed from estoppel

Questions about estoppel

What does estoppel mean?
Estoppel means a legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, making it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
What is estoppel in Tamil?
Estoppel in Tamil is முரண்தடை. See Estoppel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is estoppel?
Estoppel is a noun.
What is the plural of estoppel?
The plural of estoppel is estoppels.

Words near estoppel in the dictionary

  1. estoppages
  2. estoppal
  3. estopped
  4. estoppee
  5. estoppees
  6. estoppel
  7. estoppel by deed
  8. estoppels
  9. estopper
  10. estoppers
  11. estopping

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: estoppel (page history and authors); estoppel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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