consensus ad idem

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

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, 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.

• “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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.