Legal Term Dictionary

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the "three estates."

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the "three estates." Less...

An ensign for horsemen in war.

An ensign for horsemen in war. Less...

L. Fr. To appear before a tribunal either as plaintiff or defendant. Kelham.

L. Fr. To appear before a tribunal either as plaintiff or defendant. Kelham. Less...

This word is used to express the mind or judgmeut of the speaker or writer on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a calculation or computation, as to estimate the gain or loss of an enterprise. People v. Clark, 37 Hun (N. Y.) 203.

This word is used to express the mind or judgmeut of the speaker or writer on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a calculation or computation, as to estimate the gain or loss of an enterprise. People v. Clark, 37 Hun (N. Y.) 203. Less...

To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL.

To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL. Less...

A bar or impediment raised by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial or conduct or admission, or in consequence of a final adjudication of the matter in a court of More...

A bar or impediment raised by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial or conduct or admission, or in consequence of a final adjudication of the matter in a court of law. Demarest v. Hopper, 22 N. J. Law, 619; Martin v. Railroad Co., 83 Me. 100, 21 Ati. 740; Veeder v. Mudgett 95 N. Y. 295; South v. Deaton, 115 Ky. 312, 68 S. W. 137; Wllkins v. Suttlee, 114 N. C. 550, 19 S. E. 606. A preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence of his own previous act, allegation, or denial of a contrary tenor. Steph. PI. 239. An admission of so conclusive a nature that the party whom it affects is not permitted to aver against it or offer evidence to controvert it. 2 Smith, Lead. Cas. 778. Estoppel is that which concludes and "shuts a man's mouth from speaking the truth." When a fact has been agreed on, or decided in a court of record, neither of the parties shall be allowed to call it in question, and have it tried over again at any time thereafter, so long as the judgment or decree stands unreversed; and when parties, by deed or solemn act in pais, agree on a state of facts, and act on it, neither shall ever afterwards be allowed to gainsay a fact so agreed on, or be heard to dispute it; in other words, his mouth is shut, and he shall not say that is not true which he had before in a solemn manner asserted to be true. Armfield v. Moore, 44 N. C 157. Collateral estoppel. The collateral determination of a question by a court having general jurisdiction of the subject. See Small v. Haskins, 26 Vt. 209.-Equitable estoppel (or estoppel by conduct, or in pais) is the species of estoppel which equity puts upon a person who has made a false representation or a concealment of material facts, with knowledge of the facts, to a party ignorant of the truth of the matter, with the intention that the other party should act upon it, and with the result that such party is actually induced to act upon it, to his damage. Bigelow, Estop. 484. And see Louisville Banking Co. v. Asher, 65 S. W. 831, J23 Ky. Law Rep. 1661; Bank v. Marston, 85 Me. 488, 27 Atl. 529; Richman v. Baldwin, 21 N. J. Law, 403; Railroad Co. v. Perdue. 40 W. Va, 442, 21 S. E. 755.-Estoppel by deed is where a party has executed a deed, that is, a writing under seal (as a bond) reciting a certain fact, and is thereby precluded from afterwards denying, in any action brought upon that instrument, the fact so recited. Steph. Pi. 197. A man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove anything in contradiction to what he has once so solemnly and deliberately avowed. 2 BL Comm. 295; Plowd. 434; Hudson v. Winslow Tp., 35 N. J. Law, 441; Taggart v. Risley, 4 Or. 242; Appeal of Waters, 35 Pa. 526, 78 Am. Dec. 854. -Estoppel by election. An estoppel predicated on a voluntary and intelligent action or choice of one of several things which is inconsistent with another, the effect of the estoppel being to prevent the party so choosing from afterwards reversing his election or disputing the state of affairs or rights of others resulting from his original choice. Yates v. Hurd. 8 Colo. 343. 8 Pac. 575.-Estoppel by judgment. The estoppel raised by the rendition of a valid judgment by a court having jurisdiction, which prevents the parties to the action, and all who are in privity with them, from afterwards disputing or drawing into controversy the particular facts or issues on which the judgment was based or which were or might have been litigated in the action. 2 Bl. Judgm. s 504; State v. Torinus, 28 Minn. 175, 9 N. W. 725.-Estoppel by matter in pais. An estoppel by the conduct or admissions of the party; an estoppel not arising from deed or matter of record. Thus, where one man has accepted rent of another, he will be estopped from afterwards denying, in any action with that person, that he was, at the time of such acceptance, his tenant. Steph. PL 197. The doctrine of estoppels in pais is one which, so far at least as that term is concerned, has grown up chiefly within the last few years. But it is, and always was, a familiar principle in the law of contracts. It lies at the foundation of morals, and is a cardinal point in the exposition of promises, that one shall be bound by the state of facts which he has induced another to act upon. Red field, C. J., Strong v. Ellsworth, 26 Vt. 366, 373. And see West Winstead Sav. Bank v. Ford. 27 Conn. 290, 71 Am. Dec. 66; Davis v. Davis, 26 Cal. 38, 85 Am. Dec. 157; Bank v. Dean, 60 N. Y. Super. Ct. 299, 17 N. Y. Supp. 875; Coogler v. Rogers, 25 Fla. 853, 7 South. 391; Merchants' Nat. Bank v. State Nat Bank, 10 WalL 645, 19 L. Ed. 1008; Han-ly v. Watterson, 89 W. Va. 214, 19 S. E. 536; Barnard v. Seminary, 49 Mich. 444, 13 N. W. 811.-Estoppel by matter of record. An estoppel founded upon matter of record; as a confession or admission made in pleading in a court of record, which precludes the party from afterwards contesting the same fact in the same suit. Steph. PL 197. -Estoppel by verdict. This term is sometimes applied to the estoppel arising from a former adjudication of the same fact or issue between the same parties or their privies. Chicago Theological Seminary v. People, 189 111. 439, 59 N. E. 977; Swank v. Railway Co., 61 Minn. 423, 63 N. W. 1088. But this use is not correct, as it is not the verdict which creates an estoppel, but the judgment, and it is immaterial whether a jury participated in the trial or not. In pleading. A plea, replication, or other pleading, which, without confessing or denying the matter of fact adversely alleged, relies merely on some matter of estoppel as a ground for excluding the opposite party from the allegation of the fact. Steph. PL 219; 3 Bl. Comm. 308. A plea which neither admits nor denies the facts alleged by the plaintiff, but denies his right to allege them. Gould, PL c. 2, s 39. A special plea in bar, which happens where a man has done some act or executed some deed which precludes him from averring anything to the contrary. 3 BL Comm. 308. Esteveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi. 13 Coke, 68. Estovers are of flre-bote, plow-bote, house-bote, and hedge-bote. Less...

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimony or estovers. Obsolete.

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimony or estovers. Obsolete. Less...

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his or her support, as for food and raiment. An allowance (more commonly called "alimony") granted to a woman divorced a mensa et thoro, for her support out of her husband's estate. 1 Bl. Comm. 441. More...

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his or her support, as for food and raiment. An allowance (more commonly called "alimony") granted to a woman divorced a mensa et thoro, for her support out of her husband's estate. 1 Bl. Comm. 441. The right or privilege which a tenant has to furnish himself with so much wood from the demised premises as may be sufficient or necessary for his fuel, fences, and other agricultural operations. 2 Bl. Comm. 35; Woodf. Landl. A Ten. 232; Zimmerman v. Shreeve, 59 Md. 363; Lawrence v. Hunter, 9 Watts (Pa.) 78; Livingston v. Reynolds, 2 Hill (N. Y.)159. -Common of estovers. A liberty of taking necessary wood for the use or furniture of a house or farm from off another's estate, in common with the owner or with others. 2 Bl. Comm. 35. Less...

Cattle whose owner is unknown. 2 Kent, Comm. 359; Spelman; 29 Iowa, 437. Any beast not wild; found within any lordship, and not owned by any man. Cowell; 1 BL Comm. 297. Estray must be understood as denoting a wandering beast whose owner is unknown to the person who takes More...

Cattle whose owner is unknown. 2 Kent, Comm. 359; Spelman; 29 Iowa, 437. Any beast not wild; found within any lordship, and not owned by any man. Cowell; 1 BL Comm. 297. Estray must be understood as denoting a wandering beast whose owner is unknown to the person who takes it up. An estray is an animal that has escaped from its owner, and wanders or strays about; usually defined, at common law, as a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run, and especially when the owner is known to the party who takes it up. The fact of its being breachy or vicious does not make it an estray. Walters v. Glatz, 29 Iowa, 439; Roberts v. Barnes, 27 Wis. 425; Kinney v. Roe, 70 Iowa, 500, 30 N. W. 776; Shepherd v. Hawley, 4 Or. 208. Less...

v. To take out a forfeited recognizance from the records of a court, and return it to the court of exchequer, to be prosecuted. See ESTREAT, n.

v. To take out a forfeited recognizance from the records of a court, and return it to the court of exchequer, to be prosecuted. See ESTREAT, n. Less...