Directly; immediately. Story, Bills, $ 199.Ex dintnrnitate temporis, omnia prse- ?nmnntnr solemniter esse acta. Prom lengthof time [after lapse of timel all things are presumed to have been done in due form.

Out of fraud; out of deceitful or tortious conduct. A phrase appliedto obligations and causes of action vitiated by fraud or deceit.Ex dolo malo non oritnr actio. Out offraud no action arises;

Out of purchase; founded on purchase. A term of the civil law, adoptedby Bracton. Inst. 4, 6, 28; Bract fol. 102. See ACTIO EX EMPTO.

From the face; apparently; evidently. A term applied to what appears onthe face of a writing.

From or in consequence of a fact or action; actually. Usually applied toan unlawful or tortious act as the foundation of a title, etc. Sometimes used as equivalentto “de facto.” Bract, fol.

By a fiction of law.Ex frequentl delicto augetur poena2 Inst 479. Punishmeut Increases with increasing crime.

Out of grace; as a matter of grace, favor, or indulgence; gratuitous. Aterm applied to anything accorded as a favor; as distinguished from that which may bedemanded ex debito, as a matter

(From or on the grievous complaint.) In old English practice.The name of a writ (so called from its initial words) which lay for a person to whom anylands or tenements In fee

By the hypothesis; upon the supposition; upon the theory or factsassumed.

With contrivance or deliberation; designedly; on purpose. Seel Kent,Comm. 318; Martin v. Hunter, 1 r Wheat. 334, 4 L. Ed. 97.

Anew; arresu

From a just or lawful cause; by a just or legal title.

By the law; by force of law; as a matter of law

According to the laws, yA phrase of the civil law, which means ac- H cording to the inteut or spirit of the law, aswell as according to the words or letter. Dig.

By the king’s license. 1 Bl. Comm. 168, note.

From or out of lease or letting. A term of the civil law, applied toactions or rights of action arising out of the contract of location, (q. v.) Inst. 4, 6, 28.

Growing out of, or ?/founded upon, misdoing or tort. This term l is frequently used in the civil law as thesynonym of “ex delicto” (q. v.,) and is thus contrasted with “ex

From malice; maliciously. In the law of libel and slander, this termimports a publication that is false and without legal excuse. Dixon v. Allen, 69 Cal. 527,11 Pac. 179.

Of his own mere motion; of his own accord; voluntarily and without prompting or request. Royal letters patent which are granted at the crown’s own instance, and without request made, are said

From or in consequence of delay. Interest is allowed cx mora; that is,where there has been delay in returning a sum borrowed. A term of the civil law. Story,Bailm.