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Ex contractu

Ex contractu

Summary

Latin for “from a contract”; a term for legal action for damages resulting from breach of contract.

“Ex contractu,” in Burrill, New Law Dictionary and Glossary, 1:443.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Burrill, Alexander Mansfield. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occurring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises: Embracing Also All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims: Compiled on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States; with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical. 2 vols. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1850–1851.

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