ex facie

[ eks fey-shee-ee, eks fah-kee-ey ]

adverb, adjectiveLaw.

(of a document) on the basis of its face or what is apparent: The contract was ex facie satisfactory.

Origin of ex facie

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First recorded in 1860–65, ex facie is from Latin ex faciē “on the face, from the face”

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How to use ex facie in a sentence

Circumstances might have modified its arrangements, and given the spirit of freedom to institutions not ex-facie favourable to it.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte | John Gibson Lockhart

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