ESTOPPEL
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
tate having a qualification annexed .to it, by which it may, upon the happening of a particular event, be created, or enlarged, or destroyed. 4 Kent, Comm. 121.
when parties, by deed or solemn act in pais, agree on a state of facts, and act on it, neither shall ever afterwards be allowed to gainsay a fact go. agreed on, or be heard to dispute it; in other words, his mouth is shut, and he sha!l not say that is not true which he had before in a solemn manner asserted to be true. Armfield y. Moore, 44 N. C 157.
when parties, by deed or solemn act in pais, agree on a state of facts, and act on it, neither shall ever afterwards be allowed to gainsay a fact go. agreed on, or be heard to dispute it; in other words, his mouth is shut, and he sha!l not say that is not true which he had before in a solemn manner asserted to be true. Armfield y. Moore, 44 N. C 157.
UK Law Commentary
Status: ✅ Still applies. Principle preventing a person from asserting something contrary to what was previously stated or agreed.
Modern Application
📜 Established at common law — Central London Property Trust v High Trees House [1947] • legislation.gov.uk
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational
reference only and does not constitute legal advice.