consent (noun)
11consent decree — noun A decree of a court giving effect to an agreement between the litigating parties. Syn: consent judgement …
12consent search — noun a warrantless search made by United States law enforcement personnel based on the consent of the individual whose person or property is being searched …
13consent decree — noun Date: 1904 a judicial decree that sanctions a voluntary agreement between parties in dispute …
14consent of the governed — noun A political theory in which a government or set of governments could only be deemed legitimate if it is supported by the people under which it exercises its political influence …
15consent dividend — noun : an arrangement by which stockholders agree to report as income a portion of the corporation s retained profits and to pay taxes thereon …
16consent election — noun : an election to determine a bargaining agent held at the request of both union and employer …
17age of consent — noun the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union •… …
18consent — I UK [kənˈsent] / US noun [uncountable] ** permission to do something with/without someone s consent: He entered the building without the owner s consent. consent of: You cannot go on school trips without the written consent of your parents.… …
19consent — con|sent1 [ kən sent ] noun uncount ** permission to do something: with/without someone s consent: He entered the building without the owner s consent. consent of: You cannot go on school trips without the written consent of your parents. consent …
20consent — /kənˈsɛnt / (say kuhn sent) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by to) to give assent; agree; comply or yield: to consent to the request; to consent to do this. 2. Obsolete to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony. –noun 3. assent;… …
