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bar
v. McDonald's System, Inc., 598 F.2d 1079 (1979)"] [a statute of limitations to the present action] compare collateral estoppel at estoppel, merger, res judicata at bar : before the court [in the case at bar] at the
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estoppel
estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a
Estoppel
Estoppel, a conclusive admission, which cannot be denied. It is of three kinds:- (1) By matter of record, which
agency
in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but
Feed
to lend additional support; to strengthen ex post facto. A subsequently acquired interest is said to 'feed an estoppel. Thus, if A., not having the legal estate, but being estopped from denying that he has it, convey
Issue estoppel, res judicata
Issue estoppel, res judicata, there is a distinction between 'issue estoppel' and 'res judicata'. Res judicata debars a court from
Merrill doctrine
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
Nihil or nil habuit in tenementis
without deed or occupation by the lessee, for if the lessee had become tenant he would have been estopped from denying his landlord's title.
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