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consent
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consent, in law, active acquiescence or silent compliance by a person legally capable of consenting (see age of consent age of consent, the age at which, according to the law, persons are bound by their words and acts. There are different ages at which one acquires legal capacity to consent to marriage, to choose a guardian, to conclude a contract, and the like.
..... Click the link for more information. ). It may be evidenced by words or acts or by silence when silence implies concurrence. Actual or implied consent is necessarily an element in every contract contract, in law, a promise, enforceable by law, to perform or to refrain from performing some specified act. In a general sense, all civil obligations fall under tort or contract law.
..... Click the link for more information.  and every agreement. In criminal charges, the consent of the party injured (if not obtained by fraud fraud, in law, willful misrepresentation intended to deprive another of some right. The offense, generally only a tort, may also constitute the crime of false pretenses. Frauds are either actual or constructive.
..... Click the link for more information.  or duress duress , in law, actual or threatened violence or imprisonment, by reason of which a person is forced to enter into an agreement or to perform some other act against his will.
..... Click the link for more information. ) is a defense for the accused, unless a third party or the state is injured.
consent
age of consent the lowest age at which the law recognizes the right of a person to consent to sexual intercourse


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