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.
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