(commonly abbreviated ex dem.) Upon the demise. A phraseforming part of the title of the old action of ejectment.

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