Consent
n.- Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
- Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
- Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
- (Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
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(Physiol.) Sympathy. See
Sympathy , 4.
Age of consent (Law),
an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.

