Qui tacet consentire videtur
Day 1,198, 17:24
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by Sir Humphrey Appleby
Under the law, silence gives consent.
The latin maxim in the title, qui tacet consentire videtur, is the legal maxim ‘silence gives consent’.
'Oo [one] maner of consent is, whanne a man is stille and tellith not.'
[c 1380 Wyclif Select English Works (1871) III. 349]
'Silence, Madame, consents.'
[1591 Lyly Endymion v. iii.]
‘I will nothing say.’ ‥‘Then silence gives consent.’
[c 1616-30 Partial Law (190
Will you give your consent to the admins?
No.
Speak up. Let’s be heard.
The latin maxim in the title, qui tacet consentire videtur, is the legal maxim ‘silence gives consent’.
'Oo [one] maner of consent is, whanne a man is stille and tellith not.'
[c 1380 Wyclif Select English Works (1871) III. 349]
'Silence, Madame, consents.'
[1591 Lyly Endymion v. iii.]
‘I will nothing say.’ ‥‘Then silence gives consent.’
[c 1616-30 Partial Law (190
😎v. iv.]
Will you give your consent to the admins?
No.
Speak up. Let’s be heard.
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Vae victis 😞
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