assenting silence doctrine

assenting-silence doctrine. The principle that an accusation will be taken as true, despite silence by the accused, if the accusation was made under circumstances in which silence can be fairly said to be an agreement. • This doctrine is usu. held to be invalid as a measure of a criminal defendant’s guilt. [Cases: Criminal Law 407. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 887.]
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