W. Va
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
426, 44S. E. 255.
165, 14 S. E. 465, 82 Am. St. p.
349, 40 S. B. 402; Curley v. U. 8. 180 Fed. 1, 64 C. C. A. 369.
442, 21 S. BD. 755.~Estoppel by deed is where a party has executed a deed, that is, a writing under seal (as a bond) reciting a certain fact, and is thereby precluded from afterwards denying, in any action brought upon that instrument, the fact so recited. Steph. Pl. 197. A man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove anything in contradiction to what he has once so solemnly and deliberately avowed. 2.Bl. Comm. 295; lowd. 484; Hudson v. Winslew Tp., 85 N. J.
427, 15 S. E. 182; Gayetty v. Bethune, 14 Mass. 52, 7 Am. Dec. 188; Louisville &
77, 24 S. E. 994; Savage v. Savage, 19 Or. 112, 28 Pac. 890, 20 Am. St. Rep. 795. —Geisin in law. A right of immediate possession according to the nature of the estate.
165, 14 S. E. 465, 82 Am. St. p.
349, 40 S. B. 402; Curley v. U. 8. 180 Fed. 1, 64 C. C. A. 369.
442, 21 S. BD. 755.~Estoppel by deed is where a party has executed a deed, that is, a writing under seal (as a bond) reciting a certain fact, and is thereby precluded from afterwards denying, in any action brought upon that instrument, the fact so recited. Steph. Pl. 197. A man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove anything in contradiction to what he has once so solemnly and deliberately avowed. 2.Bl. Comm. 295; lowd. 484; Hudson v. Winslew Tp., 85 N. J.
427, 15 S. E. 182; Gayetty v. Bethune, 14 Mass. 52, 7 Am. Dec. 188; Louisville &
77, 24 S. E. 994; Savage v. Savage, 19 Or. 112, 28 Pac. 890, 20 Am. St. Rep. 795. —Geisin in law. A right of immediate possession according to the nature of the estate.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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