ESTOPPEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does estoppel mean? 

• ESTOPPEL (noun)
  The noun ESTOPPEL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ESTOPPEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESTOPPEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("estoppel" is a kind of...):

rule of evidence ((law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved)