Informed Consent - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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 ...
consent
consent 1 a : compliance in or approval of what is done or proposed by another ;specif : the voluntary agreement or acquiescence by a person of age or with requisite mental capacity who is not under duress or coercion and usually who has knowledge or understanding see also age of consent, informed consent, rape, statutory rape b : a defense claiming that the victim consented to an alleged crime (as rape) 2 : agreement as to action or opinion [shall have power, by and with the advice and of the Senate, to make treaties "U.S. Constitution art. II"] [a contract is formed by the of the parties established through offer and acceptance "Louisiana Civil Code"] ;specif : voluntary agreement by a people to organize a civil society and give authority to a government consent vi con·sent·er n ...
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 out whereas this assessment must be conducted on the basis of the appropriate information supplied by the developer, which may be supplemented by the authorities and by the people who may be concerned by the project in question, Regina v. North Yorks C.C., Ex parte Brown [HL(E)], (1999) 2 WLR 452.The decision of the competent authority or authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project, Reg. v. North Yorks C.C., Ex parte Brown [HL(E)], (2000) 1 AC LR 397....
Consent
Consent, an act of reason accompanied with delib-erations, the mind weighing, as in a balance, the good or evil on either side. Consent supposes three things-a physical power, a mental power, and a free and serious use of them. Hence it is that if consent be obtained by intimidation, force, meditated impositions, circumvention, surprise, or undue influence, it is to be treated as a delusion, and not as a deliberate and free act of the mind. In relation to Criminal Law, see (English) Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885-1922, and see AGE; ABDUCTION.The word 'consent' as used in s. 30(2) of the Sale of Goods Act means 'agreeing on the same thing in the same sense' as defined in s. 13 of the Indian Contract Act. A consent induced by false representation may not be free, but it can nevertheless be real, and ordinarily the effect of fraud or misrepresentation is to render a transaction voidable only and not void, Central National Bank Ltd. v. United Industrial Bank Ltd., AIR 1954 SC 181: (1954...
Information
Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge.Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]Information in chancery. Where a suit was instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as the objects of a public charity), the matter of complaint was offered to the Court by way of information by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit immediately concerned the crown or government alone, the proceeding was pur...
Connivance and consent
Connivance and consent, Connivance means consent. The plea of consent is one thing: the fact that connivance means consent (assuming that it does) is quite another. Connivance may in certain situations amount to consent, which explains why the dictionaries give 'consent' as one of the meanings of the word 'connivance' Consent implies that parties are ad idem. Connivance does not necessarily imply that parties are of one mind, Charan Lal Sahu v. Giani Zail Singh, AIR 1984 SC 309 (316): (1984) 1 SCC 390. [Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 1952, s. 18(1)(a)]...
Consent and implied consent
Consent and implied consent, the consent as en-visaged under s. 11(4)(i) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 would mean consent with some positive act which may lead to inference of conferring right on the tenant to sub-let the premises and mere inaction would not be sufficient to amount to implied consent on the part of the landlord, conservation, P John Chandy and Co. (P.) Ltd. v. John P. Thomas, AIR 2002 SC 2057 (2062): (2002) 5 SCC 90. [Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (2 of 1956) s. 11 (4) (i)]Requires voluntary participation not only after the exercise of intelligence based on the knowledge of the significance and moral quality of the act but after having fully exercised the choice between resistance and assent, State of Himachal Pradesh v. Mango Ram, (2000) 7 SCC 224....
Such consent, however
Such consent, however, not to be unreasonably.... person, such consent, however, not to be unreason-ably withheld in the case of respectable or responsible person.... These words in the lease deed did not amount to a separate or independent covenant by the lessor that he would not refuse consent except upon reasonable grounds in the case of respectable or responsible person, but only limited or qualified the lessees covenant not to assign without the lessor's consent by relieving him form the burden of the covenant if the lessor withheld his consent unreasonably in the case of proposed assignment to a respectable or responsible person, Kamala Ranjan Roy v. Baijnath Bajoria, AIR 1951 SC 1: (1950) SCR 840...
Criminal information
Criminal information, a proceeding in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice atthe suit of the king,without a previous indictment or presentment by a grand jury. Criminal informa-tions are of two sorts: (1) Ex officio, which is a formal, written suggestion of an offence com-mitted, filed bby the Attorney-General, or, in the vacancy of that office, by the Solicitor-General, in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, without the intervention of a grandjury. It lies for misdemeanours only, and not for treasons or felonies. The informationis filed in the Crown Office without the previous leave of the Court. (2) Information by the Master of the Crown Office, which is filed at the instance of an individual called 'the relator,' with the leave of the Court; and usually confined to gross and notorious misdemeanours, riots, batteries, libels, and other immoralities. Criminal informations may also be filed against judges and magistrates for illegal, unjust,and wilfully oppre...
Free consent
Free consent, defined, Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by--(1) coercion, as defined in s. 15, or(2) undue influence, as defined in s. 16, or(3) fraud, as defined in s. 17, or(4) misrepresentation, as defined in s. 18, or(5) mistake, subject to the provisions of ss. 20, 21 and 22.Consent is said to be caused when it would not have been given but for the existence of such coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake. [Contract Act, (9 of 1872), s. 14]...
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