consensus ad idem

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin consensus ad idem (agreement to the same thing). In English, first attested in 1864.

Noun

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consensus ad idem (uncountable)

  1. (law) Agreement about the terms and subject matter of a contract between all involved parties.
    Synonym: meeting of the minds
    • 2006 September 8, Mike Taylor, “Letter to Rotary Club”, in The Globe and Mail[1], Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, published 2006, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 July 2023:
      From my reading, the courts originally decided in Lynn's favour because the two parties did not have "consensus ad idem." That is that there wasn't a common understanding.
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