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Ex maleficio non oritur contractus

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A contract cannot spring from wrongdoing.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A contract cannot arise out of an act radically vicious and lllegal. 1 Term, 734 ; 3 Term, 422; Broom, Maxt 734.