implied consent

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noun Law.

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

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Origin of implied consent

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby implied consent

implicit differentiation, implicit function, implicit function theorem, implicitly, implied, implied consent, implied warranty, implode, implore, imploringly, implosion

How to use implied consent in a sentence

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.
Digiday Research: In the race to comply with digital privacy laws, few sites are making it easy for visitors to opt out of data collection|Max Willens|July 26, 2021|Digiday
Against this there was the advantage of having obtained an implied consent to the renewal of my suit at some future date.
The Mystery of Cloomber|Arthur Conan Doyle
If the tax were an avoidable one, it was constitutional, since submission to it implied consent.
The History of the Post Office in British North America|William Smith
If the whole question rested on the general and implied consent of the husband, Judith's mother had naught to tax herself with.
Judith Shakespeare|William Black

It is implied consent, even though it may not be official as far as the documents are concerned?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
As her implied consent to his proposal was thus given without much thought, he, on his part, became bolder.
Japanese Literature|Various