Ex Contractu
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
From or out of a contract. In both the civil and the common law, rights and causes of action are divided Into two classes, —those arising ex contractu, (from a contract,) and those arising ex delieto, (irom a delict or tort.) See 3 Bl. Comm. 117; Mackeld.
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