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Terms of art, defined, with the authority each rests on. A term means what the system you are in says it means — so every entry names its jurisdiction, or says plainly that it has none.

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Estoppel

A rule preventing a party from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action, statement or judgment, where another has relied on it to their detriment.

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