Dissent

A disagreement to something which has been done. It is express or implied.

A disagreement to something which has been done. It is express or implied. The law presumes that every person to whom a conveyance lias been made has given his assent to it, because it is supposed to be for his benefit To rehut the presumption, his dissent must be expressed. See Brooks v. Marbury, 11 Wheat, rrj. S.) 78, <; L. Ed. 423; Wilt v. Franklin, 1 Binn. (Pa.) GUI'. 2 Am. Dee. 474; Bowman v. Griffith, 35 361, 53 x. w. 1 10; Crain v. Wright, ill N. Y. 307, 21 N. B. H»l. ABSENT. In Ecclesiastical Law. A refusal to conform to the rites and ceremonies of the established Church. 2 Burn, Eccl. haw 165.

Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agree with something already stated or adjudged or to an act previously performed. The term is most commonly used in American law to denote the explicit disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision passed by the majority upon a case before them. In such event, the non-concurring judge is reported as "dissenting."

— Dissenting opinion. The opinion in which a judge announces his dissent from the conclusions held by the majority of the court, and expounds his own views.

Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agres wilh something already stated or adjudged or to an act previously performed, The term is most commonly used in American law to denote the explicit disagreement of ons or more judges of a court with the decision passed by the majority upon a case before them. In such event, the nen-concurring judge is reported as “dissenting,” and sometinies files a “dissenting opinion.”

See Assent; Consent; Opinion, 3.

contracts, is a disagreement to something which has been done. It is express or implied. The law presumes that every person to whom a conveyance has been made has given his assent to it, because it is supposed to be for his benefit. To rebut the presumption his dissent must be expressed. Vide Assent, and the authorities there cited.