estoppel by deed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act.

Word forms

estoppel by deed

Related words

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