Assent - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of word Assent Corpus Juris Secundum- Assent-(As a Noun)- A passive act of concurrence; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; the act of agreeing or consenting to accept some proposition; and, by context, acceptance . It also has been defined as agreement or approval; Assent implies knowledge of some kind in the party assenting to that to which he assents; also permission on the part of the party assenting. As used in some statutes, however, the term has been held to require affirmative, positive action on the apart of the party assenting.. It has been said that the term indicates the meeting of the minds of the contracting parties, and that the word is applicable only to conduct before or at the time of the doing of an act and hence does not include an approval after the commission of an act. Assent--(As a Verb)-- The verb implies affirmative action of some sort as distinguished from mere silence and inaction; and has been defined as meaning to accept, agree to or consent, to accord agree, concede, or yield; to express and agreement of the mind to what is alleged or proposed; to express one s agreement acquiescence, or concurrence; also to admit a thing as true; to approve, ratify, or confirm; and sometimes to authorize or empower. Shorter Oxford Dictionary- Assent- The concurrence of the will compliance with a desire. 2. Official, judicial,or formal sanction; the actio or instrument that signifies such sanction ME. 3. Accord. 4.Opinion. 5. Agreement with a statement, or matter of opinion; mental acceptance. Bouvier s Law Dictionary- Assent- -Approval of something done. An undertaking to do something in compliance with a request... Law Lexicon of British India by P. Ramanatha Aiyar - Assent. --The act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to the truth of a proposition proposed for acceptance; consent, agreeing to; to admit, yield, or conceded: to express an agreement of the mind to what is alleged or proposed, (as) Royal assent or Viceeroy s assent to an enactment passed in the Legislative Assembly; Executor s assent to a legacy; assent of a corporation to bye- laws . Royal Assent, in England, the approbation given by the Sovereign in Parliament to a bill which has passed both houses, after which it becomes law. This assent may be given in two ways; (a) in person, when the Sovereign comes to the House of Peers, the Commons are sent for, and the titles of all the bills which have passed are read. The royal assent in declared in Norman. French by the Clerk of the Parliament. (b) By letters patent, under the great seal signed by the Sovereign, and notified in his or her absence. Websters 3rd New International Dictionary (Vol.I)- Assent-1 . common accord; general approval a concurrence with approval: 2 : the accepting as true or certain of something (as a doctrine or conclusion) proposed for belief. Random House Dictionary--Assent- To agree or concur, subscribe to )often fol. By to): to assent to a statement. 2. To give in; yield; concede; assenting to his demands, she did as she was told-n. 3. Agreement as to a proposal; concurrence. 4. Acquiesence; compliance. Words Phrases Judicial Dictionary -Mitra--Assent- Assent means agreeing to or recognizing a matter...etc. Wharton s Law Lexicon. KAISER-I-HIND PVT. LTD. VERSUS NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPORATION- 2002 (9) TMI 866 - SUPREME COURT