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Ex post facto
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Ex post facto(United Kingdom) By reason of a subsequent act.
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Reason
By reason is usually understood that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong; and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
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Ex parte
Of the one part.
Ex patriate
A person who has abandoned his or her country of origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another country.
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Ex necessitate legis
From the necessity of law.
Ex necessitate rei
From the necessity of the thing. Many acts may be done ex necessitate rei, which would not be justifiable without it; and sometimes property is protected, ex necessitate rei, which, under, other circumstances, would not be so.
Ex officio
By virtue of his office.
Ex parte
Of the one part.
Ex patriate
A person who has abandoned his or her country of origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another country.
Ex post facto
Ex rel
An abbreviation of "ex relatione", Latin for "on the relation of." Refers to information or action taken that is not based on first-hand experience but is based on the statement or account of another person. For example, a criminal charge "ex rel" simply means that the attorney general of a state is prosecuting on the basis of a statement of a person other than the attorney general himself (or herself.)
Ex tempore
From the time without premeditation.
Ex turpi causa
An abbreviation of the Latin maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio", meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
A Latin maxim, meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex vi termini
By force of the term; as a bond ex vi termini imports a sealed instrument.
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Reason
By reason is usually understood that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong; and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Ex parte
Of the one part.
Ex patriate
A person who has abandoned his or her country of origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another country.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Ex necessitate legis
From the necessity of law.
Ex necessitate rei
From the necessity of the thing. Many acts may be done ex necessitate rei, which would not be justifiable without it; and sometimes property is protected, ex necessitate rei, which, under, other circumstances, would not be so.
Ex officio
By virtue of his office.
Ex parte
Of the one part.
Ex patriate
A person who has abandoned his or her country of origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another country.
Ex post facto
Ex rel
An abbreviation of "ex relatione", Latin for "on the relation of." Refers to information or action taken that is not based on first-hand experience but is based on the statement or account of another person. For example, a criminal charge "ex rel" simply means that the attorney general of a state is prosecuting on the basis of a statement of a person other than the attorney general himself (or herself.)
Ex tempore
From the time without premeditation.
Ex turpi causa
An abbreviation of the Latin maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio", meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
A Latin maxim, meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex vi termini
By force of the term; as a bond ex vi termini imports a sealed instrument.
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