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
1First 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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