Acquiescence

  • 101custom — Term generally implies habitual practice or course of action that characteristically is repeated in like circumstances. Jones v. City of Chicago, C.A.7 111., 787 F.2d 200, 204. See also @ custom and usage A usage or practice of the people, which …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 102dedication — The appropriation of land, or an easement therein, by the owner, for the use of the public, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public. Such dedication may be express where the appropriation is formally declared, or by implication… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 103estoppel — /AstopAl/ Estoppel means that party is prevented by his own acts from claiming a right to detriment of other party who was entitled to rely on such conduct and has acted accordingly. Graham v. Asbury, 112 Ariz. 184, 540 P.2d 656, 658. A principle …

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  • 104positive law — The rules of conduct established by tacit acquiescence or by the legislature, and which derive their force and authority from such acquiescence or enactment, and not because they are the dictates of natural justice, and as such, of universal… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 105suffer — To feel or endure mental or physical pain or distress. To endure. To authorize or permit by approval or acquiescence in an act or course of conduct. New York Life Ins. Co. v Calhoun (CA8 Mo) 97 F2d 896. To suffer implies not merely nonresistance… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 106acquiescency — noun ( es) Etymology: obsolete French acquiescence + English y obsolete : acquiescence …

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  • 107RESPONSES — the victims the world THE VICTIMS Behavior of the Victims In a chapter entitled Auschwitz: The Death of Choice in Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, the Holocaust scholar lawrence langer writes: After we peel the veneer of… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 108Acceptance — Ac*cept ance, n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster] They shall come up… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 109acceptance of a bill of exchange — Acceptance Ac*cept ance, n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster] They shall …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 110acceptance of a check — Acceptance Ac*cept ance, n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. [1913 Webster] They shall …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English