acquiescence

In law, acquiescence occurs when a person knowingly stands by without raising any objection to the infringement of their rights, while someone else unknowingly and without malice aforethought makes a claim on their rights. Consequently, the person whose rights are infringed loses the ability to make a claim against the infringer, or succeed in an injunction suit due to the infringer's conduct. The term is most generally a kind of "permission" given by silence or passiveness.

Acquiescence (engl. Schweigen im Rechtsverkehr; auch konkludente Zustimmung) beschreibt im Common Law ein stillschweigendes Verhalten, das eine Person auch ohne ihren ausdrücklichen Willen rechtlich bindet. Die Acquiescence beinhaltet Grundelemente der widerspruchslosen Hinnahme und einen nicht unerheblichen Zeitablauf.