Acquiescence

Acquiescence in United States

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A silent appearance of consent. Worcester. It is to be distinguished from avowed consent, on the one hand, and from open discontent or opposition, on the other. It amounts to a consent which is impliedly given by one or both parties to a proposition, a clause, a condition, a judgment, or to any act whatever. It imports an assent which, though implied, is to some extent active, and is to be distinguished from laches, which is mere passive neglect. 69 Cal. 255.

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A silent appearance of consent. Worcester. It is to be distinguished from avowed consent, on the one hand, and from open discontent or opposition, on the other. It amounts to a consent which is impliedly given by one or both parties to a proposition, a clause, a condition, a judgment, or to any act whatever. It imports an assent which, though implied, is to some extent active, and is to be distinguished from laches, which is mere passive neglect. 69 Cal. 255.

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Cause of Action to Establish Boundary by Acquiescence of Adjoining Landowners: an Overview

This section examines this type of action. This subject identifies the various elements of the Cause of Action to Establish Boundary by Acquiescence of Adjoining Landowners, offering a practical approach to the litigation issues of this cause of action. See also the entry about legal risks.

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    Don’t Give Up on Acquiescence: Acquiescence Can Have Many Meanings, Depending on the Court in Which the Word Is Spoken. Various Jurisdictions All Seem to Have Their Own Way of Dealing with the Apparent Acquiescence by Adjoining Landowners to a Fixed Line That Is at Variance with the Boundary Location as Described in the Documents of Conveyance, Point of Beginning; January 1, 2013; Kline, Kristopher M.

    Unintended consequences. I recently encountered a unique situation in American property law dealing with the doctrine of acquiescence.(traversingthelaw), Point of Beginning; May 1, 2010; Lucas, Jeffery N.

    Laches, Acquiescence, and Trademark Injunctions, Mondaq Business Briefing; May 23, 2013

    When Will Acquiescence Take Effect? A-G issues Opinion In The Battle Of The Two Budweisers., Mondaq Business Briefing; February 21, 2011

    SSA Issues Notice about Correction to Social Security Acquiescence Ruling (Ar) 12-1(8), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; September 6, 2012

    Examining the absorption-hypnotizability link: The roles of acquiescence and consistency motivation, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis; April 1, 2005; Anonymous

    Trade-marks Expunged As Registrations Were Invalid; But No Acquiescence (Intellectual Property Weekly Abstracts Bulletin – Week Of May 7, 2012).(Precision Door & Gate Service Ltd. v. Precision Holdings of Brevard, Inc.), Mondaq Business Briefing; May 15, 2012; Saunders, Chantal Moore, Beverley

    Acquiescence: A Facet Of Delay.(Case overview), Mondaq Business Briefing; January 11, 2007

    HCA acquiescence clarifies building depreciation.(IRS acquiescence to 1997 Tax Court case), The Tax Adviser; December 1, 1999; McPherron, Cecil

    SSA Issues Notice about Social Security Acquiescence Ruling (Ar) 12-X(8), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; August 28, 2012

    SSA Issues Notice about Rescission of Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 05-1(9), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; November 15, 2012

    Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in Special Education — from Intent to Acquiescence, Exceptional Children; September 1, 1990; Smith, Stephen W.

    Liability of Secondary Actors under the Alien Tort Statute: Aiding and Abetting and Acquiescence to Torture in the Context of the Femicides of Ciudad Juarez, Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal; January 1, 2007; Simmons, William Paul

    Not Acquiescence, but Multilingual Resistance, Women’s Studies Quarterly; April 1, 2006; Stacey, Judith

    Subdued Acquiescence Today Far Cry from Ire of Those Tea Party Rebels, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); December 10, 2006

    Handshake not acquiescence to Israeli stance: Prince Turki., Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); February 8, 2010

    The enigma of acquiescence. (voter willingness to pay ever higher taxes)(A Survey of the World Economy), The Economist (US); September 20, 1997

    CAIRO Egypt’s Military Signaled Its Acquiescence. [Derived Headline], Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; August 13, 2012

    SAUDI ARABIA – Feb 13 – Handshake Not Acquiescence To Israeli Stance., APS Diplomat Recorder; February 13, 2010

    Dole Decries U.S. Bosnia Policy; Acquiescence in U.N. Inaction Criticized in Address to Governors, The Washington Post; August 18, 1993; Wi
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