Conclusion
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
remedies, an estopel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny; as, for example, the sheriff is concluded by his return to a writ, and therefore if upon a capias he return cept corpus, he cannot afterwards show that he did not arrest the defendant, but is concluded by his return.
Vide Plowd. 276, b; 3 Tho. Co. Litt. 600.