Ex Colore
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Under color of. EX COMITATE (Lat.) Out of comity or courtesy; by courtesy. 2 Kent, Comm. 457. EX COMMODATO (Lat. from or out of loan). A term applied in the old law of England to a right of action arising out of a loan (commodatum). Glanv. lib. 10, c. 13; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 166. EX COMPARATIONE SCRIPTORUIVI (Law Lat.) By a comparison of writings or handwritings;' a term in the law of evidence. Best, Pres. 218. EX CONCESSIS (Lat.) From things or premises granted. EX CONSULTO (Lat.) With deliberation. EX CONTINENTI (Lat.) Immediately; without any interval or delay; incontinently. A term of the civil law. Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Bycolor; under color of; under pretense, show, or protection of. Thus, ex colore officii, under color of office.