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es·top (e stäp′)

transitive verb estopped -·topped′, estopping -·top′·ping

  1. Archaic
    1. to stop up
    2. Rare to stop; prevent; bar
  2. Law to bar or prevent by estoppel

Etymology: ME estoppen < Anglo-Fr & OFr estoper < VL *stuppare, to stop with tow: see stop

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law estop definition - legal

estop Usage Examples

Subject

  • convention: This was an argument by the plaintiffs that Mr. Morris was estopped by convention from denying that the bungalow was a chattel.

Preposition: by

  • convention: This was an argument by the plaintiffs that Mr. Morris was estopped by convention from denying that the bungalow was a chattel.
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