Ex Contractu
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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 delicto, (from a delict or tort.) See 3 Bl. Comm. 117; Mackeld.
Rom. Law, § 384. See Scharf v. People, 134 III. 240, 24 N. E. 761.