Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Stoppage

n. 1. An obstruction oi- hindrance to the performance of something <stoppage of goods or persons in transit for inspection>. 2. Civil law. SETOFF <stoppage in pay- for money owed >.

estoppage

n. The state or condition of being estopped.

stoppage in transitu

The right that a seller of good, has, under certain circumstances, to regain thc, possession of those goods even though the sel er has already parted with them under a coy tract for sale. ( This right traditionally applies: when goods are consigned wholly or partly o.; credit from one person to another, and the consignee becomes bankrupt or insolvent before the goods arrive - in which event th( consignor may direct the carrier to deliver thf, goods to someone other than the consignee (who can no longer pay for them. - Also termed stoppage in transit. stop-payment order See STOP OPDEH ?,

work stoppage

A cessation of work; STRIKE.