Sentence examples for consequences of an act from inspiring English sources

Cf. W. Keeton, D. Dobbs, R. Keeton, & D. Owens, Prosser and Keeton on Law of Torts § 41, p. 264 (5th ed. 1984) ("In a philosophical sense, the consequences of an act go forward to eternity...

According to Piaget, children naturally progress from a form of moral reasoning based on the consequences of an act (e.g., punishment) to one that takes the actor's intentions into account.

"Asked a question about the limit of protest, I replied say ing that the willingness to ac cept the legal consequences of an act of conscience and to re ject violence is heroic.

"He'd done a law degree but was doing a master's in philosophy because he'd got interested in the philosophical questions, 'what is an act?' and 'what are the consequences of an act?'.

The word "intent" refers "to the consequences of an act rather than the act itself" and "is limited, wherever it is used, to the consequences of the act". However, "intent" to cause particular consequences is not limited to those consequences which the actor "desires," but includes those which he knows are certain, or substantially certain, to result from his act.

But it cannot enable him to predict with certainty whether a given act under given circumstances will make him liable, because an act will rarely have that effect unless followed by damage, and for the most part, if not always, the consequences of an act are not known, but only guessed at as more or less probable.

An obscure consequence of an act of Congress, effective May 1, 1943, which gave federal employees a cost-of-living raise in salary, is that dollar-a-year men….

The New Yorker, January 1 , 1944P. 13 An obscure consequence of an act of Congress, effective May 1, 1943, which gave federal employees a cost-of-living raise in salary, is that dollar-a-year men now get $0.0028.

An obscure consequence of an act of Congress, effective May 1, 1943, which gave federal employees a cost-of-living raise in salary, is that dollar-a-year men… A strong air of prissiness seems to hang about the forthcoming repeal.

An obscure consequence of an act of Congress, effective May 1, 1943, which gave federal employees a cost-of-living raise in salary, is that dollar-a-year men now get $0.0028.

By S. D. Fuson and Russell aloney The New Yorker, January 1 , 1944P. 13 An obscure consequence of an act of Congress, effective May 1, 1943, which gave federal employees a cost-of-living raise in salary, is that dollar-a-year men now get $0.0028.