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judicial estoppel

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A quick definition of judicial estoppel:

Judicial estoppel is a legal rule that prevents someone from saying one thing in court and then saying something different in another court case. This rule is meant to stop people from being dishonest and changing their story to get a better outcome. If someone has already said something in court, they can't go back on their word later. This rule helps to make sure that the legal system is fair and honest.

A more thorough explanation:

Judicial estoppel is a legal concept that prevents a party from taking a position in a legal proceeding that contradicts a position they took in a previous legal proceeding. This is to prevent a party from manipulating the legal system by changing their position to gain an advantage in a case.

For example, if a person files for bankruptcy and fails to disclose all of their assets, they cannot later sue someone for damages related to those assets. This is because they took a position in the bankruptcy proceeding that they did not have those assets, and they cannot now take a position that they do have those assets in a different legal proceeding.

Another example is if a person testifies in a criminal trial that they did not witness a crime, they cannot later sue someone for damages related to that crime by claiming they did witness it. This is because they took a position in the criminal trial that they did not witness the crime, and they cannot now take a position that they did witness it in a different legal proceeding.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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