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Definition of Tacit consent

1. Noun. (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacit Consent

Literary usage of Tacit consent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"The tacit consent to the division of property becomes the main element, if not the whole substance, of the original con- 1 Treatise ii. sec. 27. ' Ib. see. ..."

2. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"Thus the use of money enables us to escape from the universal equality which would seem to be the teaching of the law of nature. The tacit consent to ..."

3. Delineation of Roman Catholicism: Drawn from the Authentic and Acknowledged by Charles Elliott (1851)
"Respecting the tacit consent of bishops he lays down the following proposition : " A dogmatic constitution of the pope, sent to all the churches of Catholic ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Knt by John Eardley-Wilmot (1811)
"It was " established by tacit consent, like the other compacts that " hold Society together."—Robertson's " History of Charles V." vol. i. page 18, ..."

5. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1886)
"A qua-i contract, therefore, is not, as some writers erroneously maintain, founded on some tacit consent flowing from the transaction itself, but a consent ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland by John Smith Furlong (1845)
"... by Tenant fur L ife, determines on At* Death. 23. Parol Demise, though void as to stitutes yearly Tenancy. 24. Holding by tacit Consent after ..."

7. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"He however agrees with Wolf in considering the voluntary law of nations as a positive law, derived from the presumed or tacit consent of nations to consider ..."

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