| something that follows in logical, natural, or customary sequence or that is treated as such: After such reprisals, war followed as a matter of course. |
[mat-er-uhv-kawrs, -kohrs] 
| 1. | occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable. |
| 2. | accepting things as occurring in their natural course, or characterized by an acceptance of things as such: to be matter-of-course in confronting the difficulties of existence. |
| matter of course n. A natural or logical outcome. |