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age of consent

age of consent :the age at which a person is deemed competent by law to give consent esp. to sexual intercourse or marriage see also statutory rape compare emancipation, legal age

informed consent

informed consent : consent to medical treatment by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved and esp. of the risks

Assent, or Consent

Assent, or Consent, agreeing to or recognizing a matter, as an executor's assent to a legacy, or the assent of a corporation to bylaws, etc., see ROYAL ASSENT.

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Development consent

Development consent, for public and private pro-jects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment should be granted only offer prior assessment of the likely significant environmental effects of these projects has been carried...

Consent-rule

Consent-rule, a superseded instrument, in which a defendant in an action of ejectment specified for what purpose he intended to defend, and undertook to confess not only the fictitious lease, entry, and ouster, but that he...

consent search

consent search see search

consent order

consent order see order

consent decree

consent decree see decree

consent judgment

consent judgment see judgment

Acquiescence

Acquiescence, consent, either express or implied. A persons tacit or passive acceptance; implied consent to an act (Black's Law Dictionary). Passivity and inaction on foreign claims that according to customary international law usually call for protest...

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