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  • To illustrate the concept, England and the nations such as Canada and Australia which claim allegiance to the British crown still require Royal Assent from the crown in order to complete their parliamentary processes and enact law.

    Interview with Gregory Clark, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • What leads to Assent leads either to an Assent which is Truth-apt

    Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008

  • Arguments aim to bring about Assent; more precisely (see Text 8 above), when Conceptions have been gained that produce in the mind both the meaning of the terms in a given proposition, and the form of composition of these terms, Assent “occurs when there takes place in the mind a relating of this form to the things themselves as being in accordance with them ¦” In fact, different kinds of discourse can bring about one or other kind of Assent, or something enough like Assent to be included in a general theory of discourse.

    Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008

  • Assent came from Rex, nestled in the sleeping bag across the hulking canvas tent.

    Insidious Craig Lancaster 2011

  • Assent came from Rex, nestled in the sleeping bag across the hulking canvas tent.

    Insidious Craig Lancaster 2011

  • He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

    The Declaration of Independence 2009

  • He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

    The Declaration of Independence 2009

  • “He (THE KING) has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation” The Declaration of Independence

    Obama retreats from fight on ‘public option.’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

    The Declaration of Independence 2009

  • He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

    The Declaration of Independence 2009

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