The word mongoose is derived from the Marathi name mungÅ«s (à¤®à¥à¤à¤à¥à¤¸) (pronounced as [muÅÉ¡uËs]). The form of the English name (since 1698) was altered to its - goose  ending by folk-etymology. It has no etymological connection with the word goose.ongooses range in weight from the common dwarf mongoose, at 320 g (11 oz), to the cat-sized white-tailed mongoose, at 5 kg (11 lb).
exists and is an alternate of . The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs is popular consent.
To consent is to give permission, which could have been withheld. It implies a power relationship where the consent is granted by the party with more power. There is the political theory that says, governments can rule only with the consent of the governed. That is, the people consent to be governed and thus grant their power to the government. To assent is to agree with a statement made by an equal. On the Supreme Court, one justice writes the opinion of the majority, to which other justices assent. Those that disagree are said to dissent, that is to disagree. So, consent = permission while assent = agreement.