Tacit consent

  • 1tacit consent — noun (law) tacit approval of someone s wrongdoing • Syn: ↑connivance, ↑secret approval • Derivationally related forms: ↑connive (for: ↑connivance) • To …

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  • 2tacit consent — agreement that is understood without a need for words …

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  • 3Consent Theory — is derived from John Locke s idea that all men are created equal. While this is sometimes interpreted to mean that all men are created equally good, or equally able, it actually means that no person has natural authority over any other.There is,… …

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  • 4Tacit — Tac it, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent, Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[=e]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf. {Reticent}.] Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;… …

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  • 5tacit — tac·it / ta sət/ adj 1: implied (as by an act or by silence) rather than express a tacit admission 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: arising by operation of law a tacit mortgage tac·it·ly adv Merriam Web …

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  • 6Consent theory — is a term for the idea in social philosophy that individuals primarily make decisions as free agents entering into consensual relationships with other free agents, and that this becomes the basis for political governance. An early elaborator of… …

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  • 7consent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ common, general, mutual, unanimous ▪ By unanimous consent, the Senate inserted a moratorium. ▪ …

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  • 8Consent of the governed — Part of the Politics series Politics List of political topics Politics by country …

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  • 9consent — con|sent1 W3 [kənˈsent] n [U] 1.) permission to do something ▪ He took the car without the owner s consent . ▪ Her parents gave their consent to the marriage. ▪ A patient can refuse consent for a particular treatment at any time. ▪ Most owners… …

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  • 10tacit — adjective /ˈtæsɪt/ a) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer b) Not derived from formal… …

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