consent decree

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   an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt

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Questions about consent decree

What does consent decree mean?

consent decree means "an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt".

Is consent decree a common word?

consent decree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.