Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. cons['e]quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. --Locke.

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n.

1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. --Sir J. Davies.

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)