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Assent

Compliance; approval of some-thing done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request Norton v. Davis, 83 Tex. 32, 18 8. W. 430; Appeal of Pittsburgh, 115 Pa. 4, 7 Atl. 778; Canal Co.' v. Railroad Co., 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 30; Baker v. Johnson County, 37 lowa, 189; Fuller v. Kemp (Com. Pl.) 16 N. Y. Supp. 160

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)