implied consent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of implied consent
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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All four charges against Cutler — which also included failure to exercise due care and violating implied consent — were misdemeanors.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
Britain too outlawed it in 1991, saying the "implied consent" could not be "seriously maintained" nowadays.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2021
Andrew Hinkel, the lawyer for Mitchell, said that opens a dangerous precedent to all sorts of implied consent such as searching a driver’s cell phone or checking a GPS device.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2019
The court actually arrived at this conclusion several terms ago, but Birchfield explicitly states that implied consent laws aren’t a valid workaround.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2016
If the tax were an avoidable one, it was constitutional, since submission to it implied consent.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
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