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Record 1 2015-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Copyright
DEF

The failure to object to an infringement of right, yielding an inference of assent and excluding a claim to equitable relief, arising when a person, in the full knowledge of his rights and of the conduct infringing them, allows the person to infringe, does not object, and leads the person infringing to believe that he has waived or abandoned his rights.

CONT

[A trespasser includes] any person who happens to enter someone else's land without consent or privilege ... Consent may be inferred from acquiescence in persistent intrusions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droits d'auteur
DEF

Absence d'objection d'une personne à la violation de son droit.

OBS

L'acquiescement laisse présumer le consentement. Il exclut d'avance toute demande de compensation qui, sans lui, aurait pu être formulée en equity.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derechos de autor
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Record 2 2000-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
DEF

The indication of agreement or consent by permitting things to be done or claims to be made without objection.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

[...] adhésion expresse ou tacite à une décision ou à un acte judiciaire, la renonciation aux voies de recours, dont on pouvait user, ou aux nullités qu'on pouvait invoquer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
DEF

Inacción, pasividad o silencio ante comportamientos normalmente merecedores de protesta.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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