A writ that lay for a bailiff or receiver, who, having auditors appointed to take his accounts, cannot obtain of them reasonable allowance, but is cast into prison. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 129
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After the fact; by an act or fact occurring after some previous act or fact, and relating thereto; by subsequent matter; the opposite of ab initio. Thus, a deed may be good ab initio, or, lf Invalid at Its Inception, mny be confirmed by matter ex post faeto
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on the mother’s side; of the maternal line
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From or out of loan. In the old law of England, a debt was said to arise ex mutuo when one lent another any-thlng whlch consisted In number, weight, or measure. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 159; Bract fol. 99
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From office; by virtue of the ofiice; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular ofiice. Powers may be exercised by an officer which are not spe-cifically conferred upon him, but are neces-sarily Implied in his ofiice; these are ex offieio. Thus, a judge has ex officio the pow-ers of a conservator of the peace. Courts are bound to notice public statutes judicially and ex officio
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From or in consequence of delay. Interest is allowed ex mora; that is, where there has been delay in returning a sum borrowed. A term of the civil law. Story, Bailm. $ 84
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From malice; malicious-ly. In the law of libel and slander, this term imports a publication that is false and without legal excuse. Dixon v. Allen, 69 Cat 527, 11 Pac. 179
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TU. of his own mere motion; of his own accord; voluntarily and without prompting or request. Royal let-ters patent which are granted at the crown’s own instance, and without request made, are said to be granted eae mero motu. when a court interferes, of its own motion, to object to an irregularity, or to do something which the parties are not 6trlctly entitled to, but which will prevent injustice, it is said to act ex mero motu, or ex proprio motu, or sua sponte, all these terms being here equivalent
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From or out of lease or letting. A term of the civil law, applied to actions or rights of action arising out of the contract of locatum, (q. v.) Inst. 4, 6, 28. Adopted at an early period in the law of Eng-land. Bract fol. 102; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 168
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Growing out of, or founded upon, misdoing or tort. This term is frequently used in the clvll law as the synonym of “ex delicto” (q. v.’,) and- is thus contrasted with “ex contractu.” In this sense it is of more rare occurrence in the common law, though found in Bracton, (fols. 99, 101, 102
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According to the laws. A phrase of the clvll law, which means ac-cordlng to the intent or spirit of the law, as well as according to the words or letter. Dlg. 50, 16, 6. See Calvin
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By the king’s license. 1 Bl. Comm. 168, note
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From a just or lawful cause; by a just or legal title
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By the law; by force of law; as a matter of law
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with contrivance or deliberation; designedly; on purpose. Seel Kent, Comm. 318; Martin v. Hunter, 1 wheat. 334, 4 L. Ed. 97
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(From or on the grievous complaint.) In old English prac-tlce. The name of a writ (so called from its initial words) which lay for a person to whom any lands or tenements in fee were de-vlsed by will, (within any city, town, or bor-ough wherein lands were devisable by cus-tom,) and the heir of the devisor entered and detained them from him. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 198, ,L, et seq.; 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 49. Abol-ished by St 3 & 4 wm. IV. c. 27, | 36
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By the hypothesis; upon the supposition; upon the theory or facts assumed
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From or in consequence of a fact or action; actually. Usually applied to an unlawful or tortious act as the founda-tion of a title, etc. Sometimes used as equiv-alent to “de facto.” Bract, fol. 172
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out of purchase; founded on purchase. A term of the civil law, ndopt-ed by Bracton. Inst. 4, 6, 28; Bract, fol. 102. See Actio ex Empto
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From the face; apparently; evidently. A term applied to what appears on the face of a writing
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