consequential damage

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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