implied consent

noun

, Law.

1. a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of implied consent¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

More than 60% of them had policies of implied consent, meaning that site users who did not configure their privacy settings or explicitly opt out were automatically giving the sites permission to continue gathering data on them.

From Digiday

Against this there was the advantage of having obtained an implied consent to the renewal of my suit at some future date.

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If the tax were an avoidable one, it was constitutional, since submission to it implied consent.

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If the whole question rested on the general and implied consent of the husband, Judith's mother had naught to tax herself with.

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It is implied consent, even though it may not be official as far as the documents are concerned?

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As her implied consent to his proposal was thus given without much thought, he, on his part, became bolder.

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