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consequent on in American English or consequent upon 1. following as a result of See full dictionary entry for consequent Examples of 'consequent on' in a sentenceconsequent on Death was due to haemorrhage from shock consequent on the injuries.That must now be reduced to allow for the level of reduced culpability consequent on diminished responsibility.Here, morality and the choices that are consequent on it are the engine of narrative.A fortiori that would have been the appropriate result had he established not merely apparent bias but, consequent on government pressure to convict, actual bias. |