From failure of blood; for want of issue. … [Read more...] about EX DEFECTU SANGUINIS
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EX JUSTA CAUSA
From a just or lawful cause; by a just or legal title. … [Read more...] about EX JUSTA CAUSA
EX OFFICIO
From office; by virtue of the office; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular office. Powers may be exercised by an officer which are not specifically conferred upon him, but are necessarily implied in his office; these are ex officio. Thus, a judge has ex officio the powers of a conservator of the peace. Courts are bound to … [Read more...] about EX OFFICIO
EX DELICTO
From a delict, tort, fault, crime, or malfeasance. In both the civil and the common law, obligations and causes of action are divided into two great classes, those arising ex contractu, (out of a contract) and those ex delicto. The latter are such as grow out of or are founded upon a wrong or tort, e.g., trespass, trover, replevin. These terms were known In English law at a … [Read more...] about EX DELICTO
EX LEGE
By the law; by force of law; as a matter of law. … [Read more...] about EX LEGE