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• estop — es·top /es täp/ vt es·topped, es·top·ping [Anglo French estop(p)er, literally, to stop up, from Middle French estouper, ultimately from Latin stuppa hemp fiber (used for plugging holes)]: to impede or bar by estoppel Merriam Webster’s Dictionary… …   Law dictionary

• estop — 1530s, from Anglo Fr. estopper to stop, bar, hinder (esp. in a legal sense, by one s own prior act or declaration), from O.Fr. estoper plug, stop up, block; prevent, halt (also in obscene usage), from estope tow, oakum, from L. stuppa tow (used… …   Etymology dictionary

• estop — transitive verb (estopped; estopping) Etymology: Middle English estoppen, from Anglo French estoper, estuper, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare to stop with a tow more at stop Date: 15th century 1. archaic to stop up 2. bar; specifically to impede by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• estop — /əsˈtɒp/ (say uhs top) verb (t) (estopped, estopping) 1. Law to hinder or prevent by estoppel. 2. Obsolete to stop. {Old French estoper stop up, Anglo French estopper (in law), from Old French estoupe, from Latin stuppa tow2. Compare stop (verb) …  

• estop — Synonyms and related words: anticipate, avert, bar, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help, keep from, keep off, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• estop — [ɪ stɒp] verb (estops, estopping, estopped) Law bar or preclude by estoppel. Origin ME: from OFr. estopper stop up, impede …   English new terms dictionary

• estop — v.tr. (estopped, estopping) (foll. by from) Law bar or preclude, esp. by estoppel. Derivatives: estoppage n. Etymology: ME f. AF, OF estoper f. LL stuppare stop up f. L stuppa tow: cf. STOP, STUFF …   Useful english dictionary

• keep from — Synonyms and related words: abstain, abstain from, anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, bar, bosom, bridle, check, classify, conceal, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, debar, decelerate, deflect, deter, discourage,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• estoppel — es·top·pel /e stä pəl/ n [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop] 1: a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another; esp: equitable estoppel in this… …   Law dictionary

• bar — 1 / bär/ n often attrib 1 a: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench 1, dock …   Law dictionary

• Estoppel — in its broadest sense is a legal term referring to a series of legal and equitable doctrines that preclude a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has, in contemplation of law, been established as the truth,… …   Wikipedia