Consent is the joint will of many, to whom the thing at the same time belongs; and in criminal cases the silence of a person present presumes consent: in civil cases, sometimes, that of the person absent, and even ignorant where his interest lies, does the same.
Consensus facit jus.
Consent constitutes law.
Consensus facit legem.
Consent constitutes written law.
Consensus non concubitus facit matrimonium, et consentire non possunt ante annos nubiles.
Consent, and not cohabitation, constitutes matrimony; and the parties cannot consent before marriageable years.
Consensus, non coitus, facit matrimonium.
Consent, and not coition, constitutes marriage.
Consensus tollit errorem.