a. [ L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution. ] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consequent points,
Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. With assumed importance; pompously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being consequential. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Syn. -- See Accordingly. [ 1913 Webster ]