One can either assent to p, or assent to ~p (that is, deny p), or withhold assenting both to p and to ~p.
But blaming "union rules" for school problems overlooks that every labor contract requires the assent of both union and management.
The Palestinians contend that the settlers are doing so with the tacit assent of both the old and new governments.
Express assumption of a risk requires assent to both the specific type and the magnitude of the risk.
No less remarkable from a contemporary perspective is that, at inception, the act received near universal assent from both Republicans and Democrats.
Among couples sharing a house, for example, any decision to sell and switch to a rental requires the assent of both partners.
Bills, if assented to by the king, became acts of Parliament; eventually, under King Henry VI (reigned 1422 61; 1470–71), the assent of both the House of Lords a body now based largely on heredity and the House of Commons was also required.
The general assembly shall not authorize any county, city, or town to become a stockholder in, or loan its credit to, any company, association, or corporation, unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of such county, city, or town, at a regular or special election to be held therein, shall assent thereto.' Both these sections are restrictive, and not enabling.
But because the impression and assent are both aspects of one and the same commanding faculty according to the Stoics, they think that we can always avoid falling into error if only our reason is sufficiently disciplined.
