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consent consent
consent in law, active acquiescence or silent compliance by a person legally capable of consenting (see age of consent ). It may be evidenced by words or acts or by silence when silence implies concurrence. Actual or implied consent is necessarily an element in every contract and every... Read more
statute of York statute of York
STATUTE OF YORK An english law enacted in 1318 that required the consent of Parliament in all legislative matters. The Statute of York was an important step toward the development of a constitutional monarchy in England. The law was enacted in the city of York in 1318, at a time when King Edward... Read more
annexation annexation
annexation in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, those which already have had the... Read more
informed consent informed consent
informed consent in medicine, a patient's written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved. Informed consent is also required for participation in clinical... Read more
age of consent age of consent
age of consent the age at which, according to the law, persons are bound by their words and acts. There are different ages at which one acquires legal capacity to consent to marriage, to choose a guardian, to conclude a contract, and the like. For marriage, the age may be higher for males than for... Read more
extortion extortion
extortion in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him. Examples include requesting and accepting fees in excess of those allowed to him by statute or arresting a person and, with corrupt motives, demanding money or... Read more
Necrophilia Necrophilia
N ECROPHILIA The term necrophiliais mostly used as a psychiatric expression for a pathological sexual attraction to corpses. It is a very rare and poorly understood phenomenon. In his seminal 1894 work, Psychopathia Sexualis,Richard von Krafft-Ebing, one of the... Read more
Bel Bel
Bel an alternative form of the name of the god Baal, occurring most frequently in Bel and the Dragon, two stories included as a single item in the Apocrypha. The first relates how the prophet Daniel convinced the Babylonian king that the offerings of food and drink which were daily set before the... Read more
commissions of array commissions of array
array, commissions of. This was a means of raising local troops between the fyrd and the feudal levy and the militia of modern times. The commissions instructed individuals, usually gentry or noblemen, to raise troops in their area and were first issued by Edward I. They were a heavy burden,... Read more
robbery robbery
robbery in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his presence at the time of the... Read more

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acceptance
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...acceptance of an award synonyms: receipt, receiving, taking, obtaining. 2. the acceptance of responsibility synonyms: undertaking...synonyms: compliance with, acquiescence in, agreement with, consent to, concurrence with, assent to, acknowledgment of, adherence...

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Obtaining consent can be multistep process.
Magazine article from: IRB Advisor Obtaining consent can be multistep process Here is how...thorough and educational approach to obtaining informed-consent, and this is especially...this example and these guidelines to obtaining informed consent through a comprehensive...
Were Nurses Overzealous in Obtaining Consent for Organ Donation?(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nursing Law's Regan Report ...ISSUE: Organ donations when consent is informed and voluntarily...patient was induced to give her consent by telephone. The child...proceed to solicit the mother's consent knowing the child's father...nurses were "in the process of obtaining the consent of the child...
Comments on Rev. Proc. 97-27, relating to rules for obtaining consent to...
Magazine article from: Tax Executive ...conditions and procedures for obtaining the Commissioner's consent for a change in a taxpayer...conditions and procedures for obtaining the Commissioner's consent...simplifies the requirements for obtaining the consent of the Commissioner...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Sensitive Information Delivery Consent...
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...have developed a method for obtaining consent. According to the U.S. Patent...method and related system obtains consent from a user for electronic delivery...on a server system to input the consent. The web page prompts for the...
US Patent Issued on Feb. 8 for "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of...
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...885,874, issued on Feb. 8. "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of Compliance...method and related system obtains consent from an individual for computer...is prompted by the computer to consent to the computer-aided delivery...
US Patent Issued on Feb. 15 for "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of...
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...399, issued on Feb. 15. "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of Compliance...method and related system obtains consent from an individual for computer...is prompted by the computer to consent to the computer-aided delivery...
Brain donor names can't be released, judge rules ; Privacy issues and state...
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) ...public- interest argument for obtaining consent forms.Byline: MARK PETERS Staff...gain access to about 100 donation consent forms. The newspaper is still...week that state law protects the consent forms from public review in the...
Publication No. AU2009203046 (A1) Published on Feb. 11, Assigned to Medical...
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...Stephen James Robson and Mitchell Edward Robert Read have developed a method and system for obtaining consent. The patent has been assigned to Medical Consent Systems Pty. Ltd. The invention carries International Patent Publication No. AU2009203046...
Treasury Rule on Proposed Changes to Process for Obtaining Consent to Change...
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...Branch at IRS has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Proposed Changes to the Process for Obtaining Consent to Change an Accounting Method." The document (Notice 2007-88) was received by the Senate on Oct. 25. For...
Securing recruitment and obtaining informed consent in minority ethnic groups...
Magazine article from: BMC Health Services Research ...completing questionnaires [12]. Obtaining informed consent is a requirement for all research...suggested that recruiting and obtaining informed consent from individuals...patient information prior to the obtaining of consent. However, as Bhutta...

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