implied consent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of implied consent
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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When Amnesty International updated its policy in 2016 to consider sex work a matter of personal agency and implied consent, critics included Jimmy Carter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
All four charges against Cutler — which also included failure to exercise due care and violating implied consent — were misdemeanors.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
The form, she told the BBC, had the mobile numbers of both father and son, which implied consent.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Andrew Hinkel, the lawyer for Mitchell, said that opens a dangerous precedent to all sorts of implied consent such as searching a driver’s cell phone or checking a GPS device.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2019
Mr. Nicholson had remarked his son's entanglement with satisfaction, tinged by humour; and his smile, if it still was a thought contemptuous, had implied consent.
From Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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