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Lying By

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Lying by. A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may fairly be supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, may be prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. See LACHES.

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