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Definition
Failure to answer or reveal something which, by law, must be answered or revealed. Under the doctrine of right of silence, a person is generally not under any obligation to answer or give evidence, but a court may draw inferences (that appear proper under the circumstances) from his or her silence.
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silence is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
silence appears in these other terms: right of silence, estoppel by silence
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