Complete Definition of "implied consent"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=implied consent|-

  1. The assumed agreement that a person would approve a course of action if asked, when that person is not presently able to be asked.

#:The man was unconscious, but the paramedics had his implied consent to treat him.

  1. Consent given by virtue of another arrangement.

#:Traveling by air gives security officials implied consent to search your bags.

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