consensus ad idem
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin consensus ad idem (“agreement to the same thing”). In English, first attested in 1864.
Noun
consensus ad idem (uncountable)
- (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, 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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References
- “consensus ad idem”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “consensus ad idem”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “consensus ad idem”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
