Promissory Estoppel

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A Promissory Estoppel is a Common Law Jurisdiction that prevents a party from going back on a promise even without a formal contract if the other party relied on that promise to their detriment.



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  1. Black's Law Dictionary defines estoppel as a "bar or impediment raised by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial or conduct or admission, or in consequence of a final adjudication of the matter in a court of law".
  2. See Jorden v Money [1854] 10 ER 868
  3. T. Cotter, H. P. Müller, "Estoppel" in Max Planck encyclopedia of Public International Law, April 2007.