禁きん反はん言げん

noun

estoppel

A legal doctrine preventing a party from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action or statement. Used in legal contexts.

• 禁きん反はん言げんの法ほう理りにより、その主しゅ張ちょうは認みとめられなかった。

  Under the doctrine of estoppel, that claim was not accepted.