Consensual

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consensual \Con*sen"su*al\, a. [See {Consent}, v. i., and cf.
     {Sensual}.]
     1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or
        more parties.
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     2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or
        reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as,
        consensual motions.
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     {Consensual contract} (Law), a contract formed merely by
        consent, as a marriage contract.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consensual
       adj : existing by consent; "a consensual contract"

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONSENSUAL, civil law. This word is applied to designate one species of 
  contract known in the civil laws; these contracts derive their name from the 
  consent of the parties which is required in their formation, as they cannot 
  exist without such consent. 
       2. The contract of sale, among the civilians, is an example of a 
  consensual contract, because the moment there is an agreement between the 
  seller and the buyer as to the thing and the price, the vendor and the 
  purchaser have reciprocal actions On the contrary, on a loan, there is no 
  action by the lender or borrower, although there may have been consent, 
  until the thing is delivered or the money counted. This is a real contract 
  in the sense of the civil law. Lec. El. Dr: Rom. Sec. 895; Poth. Ob. pt. 1, 
  c. 1, s. 1, art. 2; 1 Bell's Com. (5th ed.) 435. Vide Contract.