assent
IPA: ʌsˈɛnt
noun
- agreement; act of agreeing
- (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
verb
- (intransitive) To agree to a proposal.
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Examples of "assent" in Sentences
- The act received the royal assent 21 July.
- The bill received Assent from the Commissioner.
- Membership is managed by the assent of the group.
- The assent must be given to terms of the agreement.
- Assent was granted to construct the line under the Act.
- The powerless and frightened Henry was forced to assent.
- The article dates the last withholding of assent at 1707.
- An offer should be made to obtain the assent of the other.
- But the date that the Adoption Act received assent isn't the issue.
- It was then sent to the office of the President of India for assent.
- There was a murmur of assent from the audience, and the mod gave up and finally called on one of the men ...
- This trait is necessary to have the correct assent of law. assent-# to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
- Both episodes finish with assent pacts, nonetheless assent is clearly extraneous as good as stretched in both cases; we wait for for explosions to come.
- For those nodding vigorously in assent by this point, the Decades Halloween party will include a contest for best decade-themed costume and a P-Funk tribute performance by the Clones of Funk.
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