UK:*/ɪˈstɒpəl/US:(e stop′əl)in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | English Usage | Conjugator | in context | images WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 es•top•pel (e stop′əl), n. [Law.] Lawa bar ...
在Goss v Lord Nugent (1883) 110 ER 713先例,法院说:“By the general rules of the common law … it is competent to the parties at any time before breach of it, by a new contract not in writing, either altogether to waive, dissolve, or annul the former agreements, or in any manner ...
The fluctuation amplitude is seen to be consistent at the 68% confidence level with that reported for the COBE two-year data for primordial fluctuations described by a power law model with a spectral index in the range 1.0 le n le 1.6. This limit favours the large scale CMB anisotropy ...
Contractual promise only binding if supported by consideration - must move from promise.T getting married, father in law and father promised to pay sum each on marriage. FiL didn't - died - sued estate, he couldn't sue - had not provided consideration. Also no privity of...
Scotland has a mixed legal system in the sense that elements of both theCommon Law and Civil Law traditions coexist in many areas of its private law. This topic offers an illustration of that mixed character. There is no Scots doctrine of legitimate expectations or estoppel as such, but the...
estoppel has evolved in American case law in four developmental stages: (1) Estoppel Phase, consisting initially of "defensive equitable estoppel" to estop contract defenses based on statutes of limitations and the statute of frauds. In... ...
1 See YASH GHAI, HONG KONG'S NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER: THE RESUMPTION OF CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE BASIC LAW 139 (1997) (stating that Hong Kong is "distinctive from the rest of China, in its economy, political institutions and values, legal system, and world view"); see also Jerome A...
Tuesday Law Report: Defendant Was Not Entitled by Estoppel to Retain Whole of Sum Paid in Error26 June 2001 National Westminster Bank plc v Somer International UK LtdKate O'Hanlon, Barrister
To summarize, that doctrine permits one person (the "estopper"—usually the plaintiff in a cause of action) from stopping another person (the "estoppee"—often the defendant) from asserting the truth of a fact or the correctness of a principle of law. The point I tried to make was ...