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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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