From or in consequence of delay. Interest is allowed ex mora; that is, where there has been delay in returning a sum borrowed. A term of the civil law. Story, Bailm. s 84. … [Read more...] about EX MORA
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EX FACTO
From or in consequence of a fact or action; actually. Usually applied to an unlawful or tortious act as the foundation of a title, etc. Sometimes used as equivalent to "de facto". Bract fol. 172. Ex facto jus oritur. The law arises out of the fact. Broom, Max. 102. A rule of law continues in abstraction and theory, until an act is done on which it can attach and assume as it … [Read more...] about EX FACTO
EX MORE
According to custom. Calvin. Ex multltudine signorum, colligitur identitas vera. From a great number of signs or marks, true identity is gathered or made up. Bac. Max. 103, in regula 25. A thing described by a great number of marks is easily identified, though, as to some, the description may not be strictly correct. Id. … [Read more...] about EX MORE
EX FICTIONE JURIS
By a fiction of law. Ex frequenti delicto augetur poena. 2 Inst 479. Punishment increases with increasing crime. … [Read more...] about EX FICTIONE JURIS
EX MUTUO
From or out of loan. In the old law of England, a debt was said to arise ex mutuo when one lent another anything which consisted in number, weight or measure 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 159; Bract fol. 99. … [Read more...] about EX MUTUO