estoppel by deed

English

Noun

estoppel by deed (uncountable)

1. (law) A legal doctrine under which a first party who purports to sell real property that the first party does not actually own to a second party must actually convey that property to the second party if the first party later acquires title to that property.
2. (law, archaic) The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act.

Usage notes

• The archaic use of the term is now generally referred to in legal practice simply as estoppel.

Coordinate terms

• estoppel by representation

Translations

legal doctrine

• Spanish: impedimento por escritura m

doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act

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• Spanish: impedimento por escritura m

See also

• after-acquired title