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estoppels

estoppels is the plural of estoppel.

Meaning of estoppel

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.

Questions about estoppels

What is estoppels the plural of?
Estoppels is the plural of estoppel.

Words near estoppels in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: estoppels (page history and authors); estoppel (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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