Ex Contractu — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Action."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

From contract.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

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. Rome Law, $ 384.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. From contract; arising out of, or founded on contract; the opposite of ex delicto. A term of the civil law, expressive of one of the principal divisions of the grounds of obligations and of actions. Inst. 3. 14. 2. Id. 4. 1. pr. Id. 4. 6. 1, 17, 18. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 101, § 195. Adopted at a very early period in the English common law, and still constantly employed in the law of actions. Bract, fol. 99. 3 Bl. Com. 117. 1 Tidd's Pr. 1. 1 Chitt. PL 2. EX DEBITO JUSTITIiE. L. Lat. From, or as a debt of justice; in accordance with the requirement of justice; of right; as a matter of right. The opposite of ex gratia (q. v.) 3 BL Com. 48, 67. 4 Id. 330, 392. In the Mirror, writs grantable come de det (as of debt or right,) are distinguished from those de grace. Mirr. c. 5, 1 1. 9 Co. pref.