Acquiescence

Acquiescence in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of acquiescence.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• acquiescence in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• acquiescence in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Acquiescence

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Acquiescence :

Express or implied *consent. In law, care must be taken to distinguish between mere knowledge of a situation and positive consent to it. For example, in the defence of *volenti non fit injuria an injured party will not be regarded as having consented to a risk simply because he knew that the risk existed.

Acquiescence