contracts, crim. law. This is a technical expression, which signifies, that something has been done after another thing, in relation to the latter. 2. An estate granted, may be made good or avoided by matter ex post facto, when an election is given to the party to accept or not to accept. 1 Co . 146. 3. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, sec. 10, forbids the states … [Read more...]

From, by, or under a will. The opposite of ab intestato, (q,v) Ex tota materia omergat resolutio The explanation should arise out of the whole subject matter; the exposition of a statute should be made from all its parts together. Wing. Max. 238. Ex turpi causa non oritur actio. Out of a base [illegal, or immoral] consideration, an action does [can] not arise. 1 Selw. N. P. … [Read more...]

A law passed after the occurrence of a fact or commission of an act which retrospectively changes the legal consequences or relations of such fact or deed. The Constitution Article 1 Section 10 says that the states are forbidden to pass any ex post facto law. In this connection the phrase has a much narrower meaning than its literal translation would justify, as will appear … [Read more...]

Latin for a claim that has arisen from the breaking of a law. … [Read more...]

By a fiction of law. Ex frequenti delicto augetur poena. 2 Inst 479. Punishment increases with increasing crime. … [Read more...]