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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

title

who purported to sell the property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives

Approbate and reprobate

Approbate and reprobate, the doctrine of 'approbate and reprobate' is only a species of estoppel; it applies only to the conduct of parties. As in the case of estoppel it cannot operate against

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file wrapper

of the application and negotiations for a patent preceding the issuance of the patent see also file wrapper estoppel at estoppel

silence

to make something known esp. in violation of a duty to do so [acceptance by ] see also estoppel by silence at estoppel

merger

requires that further litigation in the case by the defendant be concerned with the judgment itself compare bar estoppel by judgment at estoppel, res judicata 5 : the superseding of a prior agreement in a divorce case

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

agent

agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their

preclude

this jurisdiction]: as a : to prevent (a party) from litigating an action or claim esp. by collateral estoppel or res judicata [they are precluded only because they failed to assert…the grounds for recovery they now assert

Estop

To impede or bar by estoppel

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