Ex Facto Jus Oritur
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The law arises out of the fact. 2 Inst. 479; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 329; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 99.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The law is born of the fact.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The law arises out of the fact. Broom, Max. 102. A rule of law continues in abstraction and theory, until an act is done on which it can attach and assume as it were a body and shape. Best, Ev. Introd. § 1.