promissory estoppel

Japanese: promissory estoppel(英語表記)promissoryestoppel
promissory estoppel

… Estoppel originally concerned representations of fact, but in America it was expanded to representations of promises, and a legal principle was created that treats a promise as binding under law when, for example, after a promise to donate is made, the other party relies on it and takes various actions, to the point where allowing the promise to donate to be revoked would result in an unjust outcome. This is called promissory estoppel. [Tanaka Hideo] In Japanese law, too, a person who makes a representation that is untrue to another person who does not know the truth is not permitted to assert that the content of the representation is untrue to a person who acts in reliance on that representation. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "promissory estoppel" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… エストッペルは,元来は事実の表示に関するものであったが,アメリカでは,これを約束の表示にも広げ,例えば,寄付の約束がなされた後,相手方がこれを信頼してさまざまの行為をし,もはやその寄付の約束の撤回を認めると正義に反する結果が生ずる状態になったときは,この約束を法律上拘束力あるものとして扱うという法理が作られた。これを〈約束による禁反言promissory estoppel〉という。【田中 英夫】 日本法においても真実を知らない他人に対して真実と異なる表示をした者は,その表示を信頼して行動する者に表示内容が真実と違うとの主張をすることは許されない。…

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