LEGAL WORD
Promissory estoppel
Doctrine · Administrative law
Promissory estoppel
- Type: Doctrine
- Area of law: Administrative law
1 What it means
A party that made a promise intending it to be relied upon cannot go back on it if the other party relied on it.
2 Use it in a sentence
The government was bound by promissory estoppel to grant the tax exemption.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Promissory estoppel about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
4 Related words
Legal dictionary: all 366 words · Today's Word of the Day · Weekly quiz
← ProhibitionProportionality →
Educational content only, not legal advice.