CONSEQUENT, a. [L.] 1. Following, as the natural effect; with to or on.The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal.His poverty was consequent on his vices.2. Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as a proposition consequent to other propositions.CONSEQUENT, n. 1. Effect; that which follows a cause.They were ill governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.2. That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion or inference.
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