Definition of "estoppel by deed" [estoppel by deed]

• 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. (noun)
• The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act. (noun)

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