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  • EX TESTAMENTO
    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 aotio. Out of More...
  • EX UNA PARTE
    Of one part or side; on one side. Ex uno disces omnes. From one thing you can discern all.
  • EX UTRAQUE PARTE
    On both sides. Dyer, 126b.
  • EX UTRISQUE PARENTIBUS CONJUNCTI
    Related on the side of both parents; of the whole blood. Hale, Com. Law, c. 11.
  • EX VI TERMINI
    From or by the force of the term. From the very meaning of the expression used. 2 Bl. Comm. 109, 115.
  • EX VISCERIBUS
    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.
  • EX VISITATIONE DEI
    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. More...
  • EX VISU SCRIPTIONIS
    From sight of the writing; from having seen a person write. A term employed to describe one of the modes of proof of handwriting. Best Pres. 218.
  • EX VOLUNTATE
    Voluntarily; from free-will or choice.
  • EXACTION
    The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due. Between "extortion" and "exaction" there is this difference: that in the former case the officer extorts more than his More...
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