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unconsent en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + consent.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack of consent.
    • 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. 2017, Tom W. Bell, From the Nation State to Stateless Nations: