Most people think consent is verbal.
In law, consent is procedural behavior.
Here’s how consent is commonly given every day:
• Responding without reserving rights
• Answering questions you were never required to answer
• Correcting facts instead of questioning authority
• Signing “routine” paperwork without reading capacity language
• Arguing what happened instead of who has authority
Practical Use (Today):
Before responding to any official email, form, call, or notice—pause and ask:
“Am I being asked to provide information, or am I being asked to confirm authority?”
If it’s authority—you don’t explain.
You condition, qualify, or decline.
Facts come after authority is established.
Never before.
That one shift alone saves people from waiving rights daily.