Out of grace; as a matter of grace, favor, or indulgence; gratuitous. A term applied to anything accorded as a favor; as distinguished from that which may he demanded ex debito, as a matter of right … [Read more...]

Of necessity. 8 Rep. Ch. 123. Ex necessitate legis. From or by necessity of law. 4 Bl. Comm. 394. Ex necessitate rei. From the necessity or urgency of the thing or case. 2 Pow. Dev. (by Jarman,) 308. Ex nihilo nihil fit. From nothing nothing comes. Jackson v. Waldron, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 178, 221; Root v. Stuyvesant, 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 257, 801. Ex nudo pacto non oritur [nascitur] … [Read more...]

Of the other part. Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio. The best interpretation [of a part of an instrument] is made from the antecedents and the consequents, [from the preceding and following parts.] 2 Inst. 317. The law will judge of a deed or other instrument consisting of divers parts or clauses, by looking at the whole; and will give to each part … [Read more...]

Immediately; without any interval or delay; incontinently. A term of the civil law. Calvin. … [Read more...]

According, to equity ; in equity. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10, I 3. … [Read more...]