Consensus
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
NON CONCUBITUS, FACIT inatrlmonium. Consent, not coition, constitutes marriage.
Co. Litt. 33a; Dig. 50. 17. 30. See 10 Clark & F. 534; 1 Bouv. Inst. 103; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 129.