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Consentire

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. To consent; to agree to, or with. Cousentirc matrimonio non possunt iufra annos nubiles: parties cannot consent to man-iage within the years of marriage [i. e. before the age of consent]. Consentire videtur qui tacet: he appears to consent who remains silent Consentientes et agentes pari poena plectentur: they who consent to an act and they who do it shall be visited with equal punishment v. Non consentit, etc.; Non videntur, etc.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from con, together, and sentire, to think.] To consent; to think with another; to have, or be of the same mind; to agree to, or with.* lT«a e«B«entlt %u% errat. He who errs does not consent. Bract, fol. 44. Consent given under the influence of error is not valid.* If consent be obtained by meditated imposition, circumvention, surprise or undue influence, it is to be treated as a delusion, and not as a deliberate and free act ox the mind. 1 Story's Eq, Jurisp, § 222.