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Evidence Act 1893 s 117

Evidence Act 1893 s 117

s 117 Estoppel

117. When one person (A) has by A’s declaration, act or omission intentionally caused or permitted another person (B) to believe a thing to be true and to act upon such belief, otherwise than but for that belief B would have acted, neither A or A’s representative in interest is to be allowed in any suit or proceeding between himself, herself or itself and B or B’s representative in interest to deny the truth of that thing.Illustration A intentionally and falsely leads B to believe that certain land belongs to A and thereby induces B to buy and pay for it. The land afterwards becomes the property of A and A seeks to set aside the sale on the ground that at the time of the sale A had no title. A must not be allowed to prove A’s want of title.

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