mutual consent

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualandconsent

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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consent
noun
uk
/kənˈsent/us
/kənˈsent/
permission ...
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(Definition ofmutualandconsentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And it did so on the basis ofmutualconsent.
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Cohabitation bymutualconsentis generally the initial marital state, and is normally followed within a few years by customary rites.
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From that local level, larger entities could be built throughmutualconsentand would lead to a kind of federation.
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Even when making agreements concerning daily matters,mutualconsentand agreement were brought about through the mediation of third parties.
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Nevertheless, the need formutualconsentmight mean that a currency would not be allowed to devalue as much as its government wanted.
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Preference for responding to major imbalances was given to realignments, which would be subject tomutualconsent.
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Changes in central rates will be subject tomutualconsent.
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Marriage in the survey area is a fluid relationship with stages ofmutualconsentand marriage by customary rites.
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In the absence of amutualconsenton a clear-cut delimitation of competences, however, this only represents a makeshift/emergency solution.
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The only exception is the case of a divorce bymutualconsent, which requires a regular court ruling.
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If they are modified, it is bymutualconsent.
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The question ofmutualconsenthas been raised.
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This means that it should be available not only bymutualconsent.
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That shareholding has already been reduced once bymutualconsent, and it is now threatened with a further and serious reduction arbitrarily imposed.
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I stress that it can operate only bymutualconsent.
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Instead of a legal battle, there would more likely to be settlement bymutualconsentwith both husband and wife being involved in the discussions.
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It is reasonably certain that there will be fixed exchange rates with provisions for realignment bymutualconsent.
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There will, undoubtedly, be some large woods which will be taken over or dedicated bymutualconsent.
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