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natural consequences

natural consequences In this historical legal sense, natural consequences are the outcomes that flow from a person’s free action.

In this historical legal sense, natural consequences are the outcomes that flow from a person’s free action. They are the kinds of results that may be attributed to that person when legal responsibility is assigned.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Imputation (in law)” (Imputationl).
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