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No one may plead their own wrongdoing

General legal principle that no one may rely on their own unlawful acts to obtain a benefit or evade an obligation. Prevents, for example, a party who caused the nullity of a contract from invoking that nullity in their favour. Related to the doctrine of estoppel by conduct (venire contra factum proprium non valet).

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