Ewbrice
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Adultery; spouse breach; marriage breach. Cowell; Tomlin. EX (Lat.) From; of; out of; by or with; on; upon; according to; at or in. EX ABUNDANTI CAUTELA (Lat.) Out of abundant caution. "The practice has arisen abundanti cautela." 8 East, 326; Lord EUenborough, 4 Maule & S. 544. EX ADVERSO (Lat.) On the other side. 2 Show. 461. Applied to counsel. EX AEQUITATE (Lat.) According to equity; in equity. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10, § 3. EX AEQUO ET BONO (Lat.) In justice and good dealing. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 965. EX ALTERA PARTE (Lat.) Of the other part. Y. B. H. 6 Edw. II. 191. EX ANTECEDENTIBUS ET CONSEquentibus fit optima tntepretatio. The best interpretation is made from antecedents and consequents. 2 Pars. Cont. 12, note (r); Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 513; 2 Inst. 317; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 379; 1 Bulst. 101; 15 East, 541. EX ARBITRIO JUDICIS (Lat.) At, in, or upon the discretion of the judge. 4 Bl. Comm. 394. A term of the civil law. Inst. 4. 6. 31. EX ASSENSU CURIAE (Law Lat.) With the consent of the court. "Ex assensu totius EX ASSENSU PATRIS (Lat.) By or with the father's consent. Litt. § 40; 2 Bl, Comm. 133. See Cro. Jac. 415, 587. EX ASSENSU SUO (Law Lat. with his assent). Formal words in judgments for damages by default. Comb. 220. EX BONIS (Lat. of the goods or property). A term of the civil law; distinguished from in bonis, as being descriptive of or applicable to property not in actual possession. Calv. Lex. EX CAUSA (Law Lat.) By title. EX CERTA SCIENTIA (Lat. of certain or sure knowledge). Formal words anciently used in letters patent, implying that the king had full knowledge and understanding of the matter. 1 Coke, 40b.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Adultery; spouse-breach; marriage-breach. CowelJ; Tomlin, Law Diet. EX /EQUO ET BONO (Lat). In justice and good dealing. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 965. EX CONTRACTU (Lat). From contract. A division of actions is made in the common and civil law into those arising ex contractu <from contract) and ex delicto (from wrong or tort). 3 Bla. Com. 117; 1 Chit. PL 2; 1 Mackeldey, Civ. Law § 193. EX DEBITO JUSTITI/E (Lat.). As a deht of justice. As a matter of legal right. 3 Bla. Com. 48. EX DELICTO (Lat). Actions which arise iu consequence of a crime, misdemeanor, or tort are said to arise ex delicto: such are actions of case, replevin, trespass, trover. 1 Chit. PI. 2; See Ex Contractu; Actions. EX DOLO MALO (Lat). Out of fraud of deceit. When a cause of action arises from fraud or deceit, it cannot be supported; ex dolo malo non oritur actio. See Maxims.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Sax. [from ewe, marriage, and brice, or bryce, a breach.] Marriage breach; adultery. Cowell. Blount. Tomlins.