Definitions for estoppel

estoppel es·top·pel

Spelling: [e-stop-uh l]
IPA: /ɛˈstɒp əl/

Estoppel is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in estoppel (eeloppst).

Definitions for estoppel

noun

  1. a bar or impediment preventing a party from asserting a fact or a claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took, either by conduct or words, especially where a representation has been relied or acted upon by others.

Origin of estoppel

First recorded in 1575-85, estoppel is from the Middle French word estoupail stopper. See estop, -al2

Examples for estoppel

Peter stood in the sunshine, looking at the estoppel clause, his lips agape.

The doctrine of estoppel "cutting no figure" with the Baxter contingent.

The idea of conserving the game was a fourth-rate consideration, the first being the estoppel of the other man.

In the latter statement the members of the Oregon Milling Company, who signed the petition, stated an estoppel to themselves.

No excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of irregularity, no argument of estoppel can be heard.

The question relating to estoppel, is thus stated there in abstract terms.

To create a corporation by estoppel, there must be an organization assuming to act as a corporation.

Ultimately, very specific human emotions are affected by the rule of the corpus delicti, or the rule governing pleas in estoppel.

If A trades in his own name, a person dealing with him cannot claim that A is a corporation by estoppel.

History now pleads them as an estoppel against his followers.

Word Value for estoppel
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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