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Consensus is a legally qualified agreement of the relevant jurists on a matter. It is not simply an individual's opinion or a widespread social custom.
A claim of consensus requires examination of who agreed, the scope of the issue, and whether a recognized disagreement is established. Widespread acceptance alone does not automatically demonstrate technical consensus.
Consensus concerns authoritative agreement; analogy, in contrast, relates a new case to an established ruling through a shared effective cause.