es|top|pel

es|top|pel
es|top|pel «ehs TOP uhl», noun.
1. Law. an impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act.
2. the act or process of estopping.
[apparently < Old French estouppail < estopper; see etym. under estop (Cf.estop)]

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