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Consequencing
Consequencing Con"se*quen`cing, n.
Drawing inference. [R.] --Milton.
Consequent
Consequent Con"se*quent, n.
1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or
natural effect.
They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent
of ill payment. --Sir J.
Davies.
2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational
deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or
argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the
ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
ConsequentialConsequential Con`se*quen"tial, a.
1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference;
consequent.
All that is revealed in Scripture has a
consequential necessity of being believed . . .
because it is of divine authority. --Locke.
These kind of arguments . . . are highly
consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending
to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a
consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.
His stately and consequential pace. --Sir W.
Scott.
Consequential damage (Law)
(a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable
(b) Damage which although remote is actionable.
(c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate
result of an act. Consequential damageConsequential Con`se*quen"tial, a.
1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference;
consequent.
All that is revealed in Scripture has a
consequential necessity of being believed . . .
because it is of divine authority. --Locke.
These kind of arguments . . . are highly
consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending
to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a
consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.
His stately and consequential pace. --Sir W.
Scott.
Consequential damage (Law)
(a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable
(b) Damage which although remote is actionable.
(c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate
result of an act. Consequential damageDamage Dam"age, n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr.
assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn.]
1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an
inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
xxvi. 6.
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of
a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage
both of their fame and fortune. --Bacon.
2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment
or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or
satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually
done to him by another.
Note: In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of
damages.
Consequential damage. See under Consequential.
Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example
to others.
Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a
right where no actual loss has accrued.
Vindictive damages, those given specially for the
punishment of the wrongdoer.
Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
Mischief. Consequentially
Consequentially Con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv.
1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection
of ideas; logically.
The faculty of writing consequentially. --Addison.
2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to
do a thing consequentially. --South.
3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect;
with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.
4. With assumed importance; pompously.
Consequentialness
Consequentialness Con`se*quen"tial*ness, n.
The quality of being consequential.
ConsequentlyConsequently Con"se*quent*ly, adv.
By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.
Syn: See Accordingly. InconsequentialInconsequential In*con`se*quen"tial, a.
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant;
unimportant; of no consequence. --Chesterfield. --
In*con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv. Inconsequentiality
Inconsequentiality In*con`se*quen`ti*al"i*ty, n.
The state of being inconsequential.
InconsequentiallyInconsequential In*con`se*quen"tial, a.
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant;
unimportant; of no consequence. --Chesterfield. --
In*con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv. Inconsequentness
Inconsequentness In*con"se*quent*ness, n.
Inconsequence.
Misconsequence
Misconsequence Mis*con"se*quence, n.
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
ObsequentObsequent Ob"se*quent, a. [L. obsequens, p. pr. of obsequi; ob
(see Ob-) + sequi. See Sequence.]
Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] --Fotherby. SequelaSequela Se*que"la, n.; pl. Sequel[ae]. [L., a follower, a
result, from sequit to follow.]
One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:
(a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. ``Coleridge
and his sequela.' --G. P. Marsh.
(b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning;
inference; conclusion; suggestion.
Sequel[ae], or thoughts suggested by the preceding
aphorisms. --Coleridge.
(c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a
disease; a disease resulting from another. SequelaeSequela Se*que"la, n.; pl. Sequel[ae]. [L., a follower, a
result, from sequit to follow.]
One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:
(a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. ``Coleridge
and his sequela.' --G. P. Marsh.
(b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning;
inference; conclusion; suggestion.
Sequel[ae], or thoughts suggested by the preceding
aphorisms. --Coleridge.
(c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a
disease; a disease resulting from another. SequentSequent Se"quent, a. [L. sequens, -entis, p. pr. of sequi to
follow. See Sue to follow.]
1. Following; succeeding; in continuance.
What to this was sequent Thou knowest already.
--Shak.
2. Following as an effect; consequent. Sequent
Sequent Se"quent, n.
1. A follower. [R.] --Shak.
2. That which follows as a result; a sequence.
SequentialSequential Se*quen"tial, a.
Succeeding or following in order. -- Se*quen"tial*ly, adv. SequentiallySequential Se*quen"tial, a.
Succeeding or following in order. -- Se*quen"tial*ly, adv. Sequester
Sequester Se*ques"ter, v. i.
1. To withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
To sequester out of the world into Atlantic and
Utopian politics. --Milton.
2. (Law) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the
estate of her husband.
SequesterSequester Se*ques"ter, n.
1. Sequestration; separation. [R.]
2. (Law) A person with whom two or more contending parties
deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who
mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or
referee. --Bouvier.
3. (Med.) Same as Sequestrum. Sequestered
Sequestered Se*ques"tered, a.
Retired; secluded. ``Sequestered scenes.' --Cowper.
Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. --Gray.
SequestraSequestrum Se*ques"trum, n.; pl. Sequestra. [NL. See
Sequester.] (Med.)
A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound
portion, as in necrosis. Sequestrable
Sequestrable Se*ques"tra*ble, a.
Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to
sequestration.
Sequestral
Sequestral Se*ques"tral, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to a sequestrum. --Quian.
Sequestrator
Sequestrator Seq"ues*tra`tor, n. [L., one that hinders or
impedes.] (Law)
(a) One who sequesters property, or takes the possession
of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents
or profits.
(b) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is
committed.
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