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Ex rel
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Ex relAn 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.)
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Abbreviation
Practice. The omission of some words or letters in writing
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Information
1) An accusation or complaint made in writing to a court of competent jurisdiction, charging some person with a specific violation of some public law. 2) In the French law, the term information is used to signify the act or instrument which contains the depositions of witnesses against the accused.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Charge
1) Wills, devises. An obligation which a testator imposes on his devisee. 2) Contracts. An obligation entered into by the owner of an estate which makes the estate responsible for its performance. 3) Practice. The opinion expressed by the court to the jury, on the law arising out of a case before them.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
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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
(United Kingdom) By reason of a subsequent act.
Ex rel
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.
Ex visitatione dei
By or from the visitation of God. This phrase is frequently employed in inquisitions by the coroner, where it signifies that the death of the deceased is a natural one.
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Abbreviation
Practice. The omission of some words or letters in writing
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Information
1) An accusation or complaint made in writing to a court of competent jurisdiction, charging some person with a specific violation of some public law. 2) In the French law, the term information is used to signify the act or instrument which contains the depositions of witnesses against the accused.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Charge
1) Wills, devises. An obligation which a testator imposes on his devisee. 2) Contracts. An obligation entered into by the owner of an estate which makes the estate responsible for its performance. 3) Practice. The opinion expressed by the court to the jury, on the law arising out of a case before them.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
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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
(United Kingdom) By reason of a subsequent act.
Ex rel
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.
Ex visitatione dei
By or from the visitation of God. This phrase is frequently employed in inquisitions by the coroner, where it signifies that the death of the deceased is a natural one.
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