Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

EXILE [L. eicere / to throw out, eject, banish] To force from one’s home or country. To banish or expel from one’s own country. EX IMPROVISO (Done) without forethought or preparation. Suddenly, spontaneously. EX JURE NATURALE . From the law of nature. The natural law. EX JUSTA CAUSA Out of or originating from a just and legal cause. EX LEGE [L. ex + lex, legis / a fixed group of words. A contract. A law. The law generally] (Proceeding) from the law, as a matter of law. EX MALA CAUSA NON ORITUR ACTIO No cause of action can arise from a bad act or cause. The court will not enforce an evil act. EX MALEFICIO [L. ex + malus / bad or evil + facere / to make or do] Growing out of wrongdoing. An act done illegally, wrongfully or tortiously. Malfeasance. See EX DELICTO EX MALEFICIO NON ORITUR CONTRACTUS A contract cannot arise from wrong or evil. The court will not enforce an ille gal contract. EX MALITIA [L. ex + malitia / wickednness, cunning, malice] (Done) with malice; maliciously. EX MALITIA PRAECOGNITA [L. ex + malitia + prae / before + cog noscere / to know, think] With malice aforethought. Conceived out of malice. See EX PRAECOGNITA MALITIA EX MERITO JUSTITIAE [L. ex + meritare / to earn + iustitia / justice, fair ness] In the interest of justice. For the sake of justice.

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