estoppel in pais
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 80 U.S. 222 - Insurance Company v. Wilkinson · 1871Most cited · 459 citing opinions
The principle is that where one party has by his representations or his conduct induced the other party to a transaction to give him an advantage which it would be against equity and good conscience for him to assert, he would not in a court of justice be permitted to avail himself of that advantage.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An estoppel by conduct. See 20 Am. St. Rep. 236, note.