English Dictionary

estoppel

名詞

普通名詞 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.

日本語の意味

自己の言動や状況により、他者に対して本来有効な法的権利を主張できなくさせるという、衡平法上の法理（法的枠組みでの一種の自助防衛原則）

The judge ruled that the defendant could not rely on the contract's terms because estoppel barred him from contradicting his earlier statements.

裁判官は、被告が契約の条項に依拠できないと判断した。被告の自らの行為により権利を主張することが不当となる場合にその主張を禁じる衡平法上の原則である禁反言があるため、被告は以前の発言と矛盾することができないとした。

意味（1）

(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.

estoppels （ plural ）