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Promissory Estoppel

August 10, 2017 by: Content Team

Promissory estoppel is the idea that a promise can be enforced by the law if, after relying on that promise, the promisee is injured or suffers a resulting loss. The idea of promissory estoppel is that the promisor is barred from arguing that the underlying promise at the heart of the case should not be legally upheld. While promissory estoppel […]

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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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