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Meaning of CONSENSUAL

Pronunciation:  kun'senshooul

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 Definition: [adj]  (law) existing by consent; "a consensual contract"
 
 Synonyms: accordant
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*sen"su*al\, a. [See {Consent}, v. i., and cf.
{Sensual}.]
1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or
   more parties.

2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or
   reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as,
   consensual motions.

{Consensual contract} (Law), a contract formed merely by
   consent, as a marriage contract.

 

 

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