From or out of a contract In both the civil and the common law, rlghts and causes of actlon are divided Into tvfro classes,—those arising ex contractu, (from a contract,) and those arising ex delicto, (from a delict or tort.) See 3 Bl. Comm. 117; Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 384. See Scharf
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
