consĕquentĭa, ae, f. [consequor],
a consequence, natural succession (mostly post-class.; most freq. in the jurists; never in Quint.): eventorum, * Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128: naturae, Gell. 12, 5, 10; most freq. in phrase per consequentiam, by consequence : per consequentiam significatio est, cum res quae sequuntur aliquam rem dicuntur, ex quibus tota res relinquitur in suspitione, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Dig. 4, 3, 19; 10, 1, 5; so also in plur.: per consequentias, ib. 2, 8, 1 sq.; 47, 10, 1 al.