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
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
