qui tacet consentire videtur Phrase
Meaning:
he who is silent is taken to agree
Comment
Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes accompanied by the proviso "ubi loqui debuit ac potuit", that is, "when he ought to have spoken and was able to".
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