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.

From or out of loan. In the old law of England, a debt was said to ariseex mutuo when one lent another anything which consisted in number, weight, ormeasure. 1 Reeve, Eng.

Of necessity. 3 Rep. Ch. 123.

From office; by virtue or the office; without any other warrant orappointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular oflice. Powers may beexercised by an officer which are not specifically

On one side only; by or for one party; done for, in behalf of, or on theapplication of, one party only. A judicial proceeding, order, injunction, etc., is said to beex parte

On the mother’s side; of the maternal line.

On the father’s side; of the paternal line.The phrases “ex parte materna” and “cx parte paterna” denote the line or blood ofthe mother or father, and have no such restricted or limited