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Webster 1913 Edition


Estop

Es-top′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Estophed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Estopping
.]
[OF.
estoper
to stop, plug, close, F.
étouper
, LL.
stuppare
to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L.
stuppa
tow, oakum, cf. Gr.
στύππη
. Cf.
Stop
.]
(Law)
To impede or bar by estoppel.
A party will be
estopped
by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage to himself.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Estop

ESTOP'

,
Verb.
T.
In law, to impede or bar, by one's own act.
A man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove any thing in contradiction to what he has once solemnly avowed.

Definition 2024


estop

estop

See also: e-stop

English

Verb

estop (third-person singular simple present estops, present participle estopping, simple past and past participle estopped)

  1. To impede or bar by estoppel.
    • 1957, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, November 23, 1957:
      ...we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.
  2. To stop up, to plug

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