Unconsent

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of consent. uncountable

    "Unlike contract law, though, tort law focuses on the dark regions of unconsent, revealing how its various types and subtypes range along a scale of justification. Express unconsent – such as the cry “Stop hitting me!” – evokes tort remedies more readily than does mere implied or hypothetical unconsent."

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"Unlike contract law, though, tort law focuses on the dark regions of unconsent, revealing how its various types and subtypes range along a scale of justification. Express unconsent – such as the cry “Stop hitting me!” – evokes tort remedies more readily than does mere implied or hypothetical unconsent."

Etymology

From un- + consent.

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