consequential damage

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consequential damage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Consequential \Con`se*quen"tial\, a.
     1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference;
        consequent.
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              All that is revealed in Scripture has a
              consequential necessity of being believed . . .
              because it is of divine authority.    --Locke.
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              These kind of arguments . . . are highly
              consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M.
                                                    Hale.
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     2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending
        to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a
        consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.
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              His stately and consequential pace.   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     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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  Damage \Dam"age\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j; 48), 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.
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              He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
              cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
                                                    xxvi. 6.
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              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.
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     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.
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     Note: In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges
           of damages.
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     Consequential damage. See under Consequential.
  
     Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example
        to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages,
        below.
  
     Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a
        right where no actual loss has accrued.
  
     vindictive damages or punitive damages, those given
        specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
  
     Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
          Mischief.
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