ex facie

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

adverb, adjective Law.

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

Origin of ex facie

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

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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