2. Verb. (third-person singular of consent) ¹
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Definition of Consents
1. consent [v] - See also: consent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consents
Literary usage of Consents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Justice Lumpkin said that the earnings of the wife are "oftentimes exclusively
her own, certainly so when her husband expressly consents to her engaging in ..."
2. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1911)
"General street railway law nnder constitutional requirement of local consents,
1884.—On January 1, 1875, a constitutional amendment went into effect ..."
3. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1887)
"Leicester, Spinster, 20, dau. of Sir Henry Beaumont, who consents ; alleged by
Henry Beaumont, Gent., of Stoughton aforesaid; at S' Leonard's, Bromley, co. ..."
4. The Law of Electric Wires in Streets and Highways by Edward Quinton Keasbey (1900)
"... of the consents.—The form and manner in which the consent of property owners
must be expressed depends upon the terms of the statute by which they are ..."
5. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"... my father consents " : properly, unless my father consents, or, without my
father's consent. Worst. We should say at the worst, not at worst, Wove. ..."
6. The Life of Wellington: The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain by Herbert Maxwell (1900)
"The King consents to repeal of the disabilities. February 23. ... The King consents
to the Bill proceeding: Ministers resume office. ., 21 . ..."
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