All 3 Uses of
consequence
in
The Constitution of the United States
- Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes.†
Chpt 1. *
- No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.†
Chpt 1.
- No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.†
Chpt 1.
Definition:
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(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)