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Collateral Estoppel

February 7, 2016 by: Content Team

The legal term collateral estoppel refers to the common law rule that bans a person from suing, or “re-litigating,” an issue, after the court has decided that issue. This means that any issue of fact, or of law, decided in one case cannot be re-decided in another case that involves any party to the previous case. This does not bar […]

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Estoppel

January 5, 2015 by: Content Team

Estoppel meaning in law The legal principal of estoppel keeps a party from alleging a fact or acting in a certain way, then attempting to claim something in opposition to that fact or action later in the proceeding to suit their purposes. In other words, a party cannot deny a fact that has already been settled as truth. The truth […]

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