释义 |
`1`estoppel `2` "Beck's Law Dictionary":
the requirement of consistency in legal argumentation. "You can't have it both ways." That is: "You can't have your cake and eat it, too."
Hypothetical example: Party A cannot claim a right from Party B if Party A previously took actions or made statements that were contrary to the current claims and which led Party B to take an action that is the subject of the current claim.
Case illustrations: the Tinoco Claims Arbitration and the Eastern Greenland case |