EX COMITATE
Out of comity or courtesy.
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Out of comity or courtesy.
From or out of loan. A term applied in the old law of England to aright of action arising out of a loan, (commodatum.) Glanv. lib. 10, c. 13; 1 Reeve, Eng.Law,
By a comparison of writings or handwritings. A term in the law of evidence. Best, Pres.218.
From the premises granted. According to what has been alreadyallowed.
With consultation or deliberation.
Immediately; without any interval or delay ; incontinently. A term of the civil law. Calvin.
From or out of a contract. In both the civil and the common law, rights and causes of action are dividedinto two classes,
Out of court; away from the court.
From or as a debt of justice; in accordance with the requirementof justice; of right; as a matter of right The opposite of ex gratia, (q. v.) 3 Bl.Comm. 48, 07.
From a delict, tort, fault, crime, or malfeasance. In both the civil andthe common law, obligations and causes of action are divided into two great classes,
(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.
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