implied consent
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From 274 U.S. 352 - Hess v. Pawloski · 1927Most cited · 1,520 citing opinions
The state may declare that the use of the highway by the nonresident is the equivalent of the appointment of the registrar as agent on whom process may be served in proceedings growing out of such use. The difference between the formal and implied appointment is not substantial, so far as concerns the application of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.