資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consequential \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.

Damage \Dam"age\, 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.

            He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
            cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
                                                  xxvi. 6.

            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.

   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.

   Note: In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of
         damages.

   {Consequential damage}. See under {Consequential}.

   {Exemplary damages} (Law), damages imposed by way of example
      to others.

   {Nominal damages} (Law), those given for a violation of a
      right where no actual loss has accrued.

   {Vindictive damages}, those given specially for the
      punishment of the wrongdoer.

   Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
        {Mischief}.