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Definition of Consent decree
1. Noun. An agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt.
Definition of Consent decree
1. Noun. (legal) A decree of a court giving effect to an agreement between the litigating parties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consent Decree
Literary usage of Consent decree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"[835]the decree under 'review wae a consent decree, we are of opinion that the
... The general rule in Illinois undoubtedly is that a consent decree has the ..."
2. Federal Equity Practice: A Treatise on the Pleadings Used and Practice by Thomas Atkins Street (1909)
"... has no power to enter into a consent decree, in the proper sense of this term,
whereby the interests of his ward will be affected. That is to say, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"... bound by a consent decree, it was said (462) : "That infants are bound by a
consent decree is affirmed by the authorities, and this notwithstanding that ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1903)
"Infants may be bound by a consent decree. Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant,
etc., Co., 168 US 451. It is not necessary thai a compromise should be presented ..."
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