Ex Officio Oath

An oath used in the Ecclesiastical Courts, by which the person who took it swore to make true answer to all such questions as should be demanded of him. Stephen, Cr. Proc. EX PARTE (Lat). Of the one part. Many things may be done ex parte, when the opposite party has had notice. An affidavit or deposition is said to be taken ex parte when only one of the parties attends to taking the same. An injunction is granted ex parte when but one side has had a hearing. The term ex parte implies an examination in the presence of one of the parties and the absence of the other. Lincoln v. Cook, 2 Scam. (Ill.) 62. "Ex parte," in the title of a reported case, signifies that the name following is that of the party upon whose application the case is heard. EX PARTE MATERNA (Lat.). On the mother's side. The words ex parte materna and ex parte paterna have a well-known signification in the law. They are found used in the books to denote the line, or blood of the mother or father, and have no such restricted or limited sense, as from the mother only or the father only. EX PARTE PATERNA (Lat). On the father's side. See Ex Parte Materna; Descent and Distribution. EX POST FACTO (Lat.). From or by an after act: by subsequent matter. The correlative term is ab initio. An estate granted may be made good or avoided by matter ex post facto, when an election is given to the party to accept or not to accept; 1 Coke 146. A remainderman or reversioner may confirm ex post facto a lease granted by a life-tenant to last beyond his own life.

An oath taken by offending priests; abolished by 13 Car. II. St. 1, c. 12.

Defined under Ex Officio in Black's Law Dictionary.

An oath taken by offending priests; abolished by 13 Car. II. sity e rea bes Ex pacto illicito non» oritur actio. From an illegal contract an action does not atise, Broom, Max. 742. See7 Clark & F. 729,