Ex Necessitate Legis
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. From, or by necessity of law.
4 Bl. Com. 394.
EX NECESSITATE REI. Lat. From the necessity or urgency of the thing or case.
2 Powell on Dev. (by Jarman,) 308.
Ex nudo pacto non oritur [nascitur] actio. Out of a nude or naked pact, [that is, a bare parol agreement without consideration,] no action arises. Bract. fol.
99. Plowd. 305.
Out of a promise neither attended with particular solemnity, (such as belongs to a specialty,) nor with any consideration, no legal liability can arise.
2 Steph. Com. 113.
A parol agreement, without a valid consideration, cannot be made the foundation of an action. A leading maxim both of the civil and common law.
Cod. 2. 3. 10. Id. 5. 14. 1. Noy's Max. 24. Broom's Max. 336. 2 Bl. Com. 445. Smith on Contracts, 85, 86.
See Nudum pactum.
See Nudum pactum.