The information obtained from Mr. Stanton, however, put an effectual estoppel to further investigation of the charge of corrupt or disloyal disposal of public property by the President.
"History-of-the-Impeachment-of-Andrew-Johnson-President-of-the-United-States-by-the-House-of-Representatives-and-his-trial-by-the-Senate-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-in-office-1868"
Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
Ultimately, very specific human emotions are affected by the rule of the corpus delicti, or the rule governing pleas in estoppel.
"The Value of Money"
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
When Georgia declared slavery abolished she did so with the proviso that "acquiescence in the action of the Government of the United States is not intended to operate as a relinquishment, or waiver, or estoppel of such claim for compensation of loss sustained by reason of the emancipation of his slaves, as any citizen of Georgia may hereafter make upon the justice and magnanimity of that Government."
"The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction"
Charles Ernest Chadsey