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Merrill doctrine, the principal that the government cannot be estopped from disavowing an agent's unauthorised act, Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. Meerrill, 332 US 380, 68 S.Ct 1 (1947); Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1004.