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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by josaka on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:01AM (#16689093)
It's not a contract, but there are other mechanism in the law to give effect to this intuition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by ineedasername on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @12:53PM (#16690391)
Estoppel: This my be my new favorite word. I can imagine all kinds of scenarios for use (okay, I can imagine one) "You can try to renege on your promises, but I'll estop you, I'll estop you once & for all!"
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