consensual Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite existing by consent
    • a consensual contract

WordNet


Con*sen"su*al adjective
Etymology
See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913