Word: consenting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Commenting on the riot, the President of the Daily Dartmouth said, "It was the feeling of the Council that Dartmouth students were not wholly responsible for the affair." The Band members, he said, were guilty by consent, since they entered the fracas with instruments they knew were delicate...
Brower also pointed out that there were many points which the poll did not cover. In particular, he cited the absence of a parent's consent clause in the questionnaire and suggested that there might be considerable discrepancy between a student's "whim" and the moderating influence which a parent might exert in the matter...
Under the law, which takes effect July 1, a couple marrying in Mississippi must wait three days for their license; pass blood tests, prove that the bride is at least 15 and the groom 17. Minors need parental consent; circuit clerks will routinely notify the parents by registered mail during the three-day waiting period. Circuit judges may waive the routine only for grievous reason, e.g., pregnancy...
...usual six months' waiting period, United raised its rates. But then the city of Memphis, one of the cities that was hit by the raise, appealed to the federal court. The court held that United's increase was invalid because the company failed to get the consent of its customers. The court ordered United to return the millions it had collected in rate increases since it put the raise into effect...
...ruling was based on a 1956 U.S. Supreme Court decision that rate changes may not be made without the consent of the consumer if the supplying company is under contract to the consumer. It brushed aside United's argument that its contract in the disputed case had stated that "All gas shall be paid for under the seller's rate schedule, or any effective superseding rate schedules on file with the FPC." The appeals court decision means that any superseding schedules, i.e., higher rates not objected to by the FPC, may be upset by a customer...