Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ES-TOP'PEL
ES-TOP'PEL, n.
In law, a stop; a plea in bar, grounded on a man's own act or deed, which estops or precludes him from averring any thing to the contrary. If a tenant for years levies a tine to another person, it shall work as an estoppel to the cognixor. Blackstone.
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