Manifestation of Assent

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Wed Oct 30 04:25:34 UTC 2002


David Johnson scripsit:

> Perhaps I'm not understanding the legal concept of "assent", but how can a 
> mere notice constitute acceptance? Certainly it's evidence that the user knew 
> about the license, but it seems to fall far short of evidence to any 
> manifestation of assent.

It's the actions you take that constitute the manifestation.  When you
are in a supermarket, the act of picking up an item and carrying it
to the checkout is assent to pay the supermarket's price, whether
visibly marked on the item or not.

IANAL, TINLA.

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