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EX VISCERIBUS

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From the bowels. From the vital part, the very essence of the thing. 10 Coke, 24b; Homer v. Shelton, 2 Mete. (Mass.) 213. Ex visceribus verborum, from the mere words and nothing else. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. s 980; Fisher v. Fields, 10 Johns. (N. Y.) 495. … [Read more...]

EX VISITATIONE DEI

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By the dispensation of God; by reason of physical incapacity. Anciently, when a prisoner, being arraigned, stood silent instead of pleading, a jury was impaneled to inquire whether he obstinately stood mute or was dumb ex visitatione Dei. 4 Steph. Comm. 394. Also by natural, as distinguished from violent causes. When a coroner's inquest finds that the death was due to disease … [Read more...]

EX REL

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Abbreviation for the Latin phrase ex relation or on the relation of. … [Read more...]

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