单词 | consequential damages |
释义 | > as lemmasconsequential damages 2. Of the nature of a consequence merely, not direct or immediate; eventual. consequential damages: ‘losses or injuries which follow an act, but are not direct and immediate upon it’ (Wharton). also consequential loss. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > consequential or indirect oblique1528 consequential1627 deductory1655 indirect1823 spillover1953 ripple-through1962 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > not following immediately on its cause consequential damages1738 the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > loss following an action consequential loss1772 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 201 I finde direct, or consequentiall repugnancie, and contradiction, twixt their pretended traditions, and writings. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 222 It was harsh to inflict immediate, and direct death, for a consequential, and deductory felony. 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 128 They have not an immediate, but only a consequential right to be heard in this. 1738 Cases King's Bench William III 635 By the Erection he [sc. the Defendant] is become liable to the Plaintiff for all the consequential Damages. 1772 Jacob's Law Dict. (ed. 9) Consequential losses, or damages, it is a fundamental principle in law and reason, that he who does the first wrong shall answer for all consequential damages. 1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. (1842) I. 546 To be utterly excluded from all its direct and all its consequential advantages. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 226 There is a difference between direct contradiction, and merely consequential or casual inconsistency. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 140/2 The Ford Taunus guarantee..excluded any consequential loss. < as lemmas |
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