Definition of consent

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Consent (v. t.) To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.

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Coercion :: Coercion (n.) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. Coactus volui (I consented under compulsion) is the condit
Express :: Express (a.) Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement..
Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of..
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction..
Age :: Age (n.) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion..
Please :: Please (v. i.) To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent..
Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to..
Comply :: Comply (v. i.) To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with..
Yes :: Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Agreeable :: Agreeable (a.) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
Permission :: Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
Consign :: Consign (v. i.) To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
Consentingly :: Consentingly (adv.) With consent; in a compliant manner.
Privity :: Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
Preconsent :: Preconsent (n.) A previous consent.
Custom :: Custom (n.) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription..
Consented :: Consented (imp. & p. p.) of Consen.
Consent :: Consent (n.) Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence..
Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..
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