estoppel by deed

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounestoppel by deed (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawA 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. archaicuncountablelawThe doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act.

Translations

Spanish impedimento por escritura
  • impedimento por escrituralegal doctrine
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APA

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Chicago

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