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

A writ that lay for a bailiff or receiver, who, having auditorsappointed to take his accounts, cannot obtain of them reasonable allowance, but is castinto prison. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 129.Ex paucis dictis

After the fact; by an act or fact occurring after some previous actor fact, and relating thereto; by subsequent matter; the opposite of ab initio. Thus, adeed may be good ab initio,

A law passed after the occurrence of a fact or commission ofan act, which retrospectively changes the legal consequences or relations of such’ factor deed. By Const. U. S. art. 1,

Of malice aforethought. Reg. Orig. 102.

Of his own accord.

By their or Its own force. 2 Kent, Comm. 457.

From quasi contract. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 00.

Upon relation or information. Legal proceedings which are institutedby the attorney general (or other proper person) in the name and behalf of the state,but on the information and at the instigation of

According to the rigor or strictness of law; in strictness of law. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10,

From writings formerly seen. A term used as descriptiveof that kind of proof of handwriting where the knowledge has been acquired by thewitness having seen letters or other documents professing to be

In the civil law. An action of stipulation. An action given to recover marriage portions. Inst. 4, 0, 29.

From or in consequence of time; by lapse of time. Bract fols. 51, 52.Ex diuturno tempore, from length of time. Id. fol. 516. Without preparation or premeditation.

From, by, or under a will. The opposite of ab intestato, (‘/

Of one part or side; on one side. Ex uno disces omnes. From one thing you can discern all. On both sides.