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ex facto

American  
[eks fahk-toh, eks fak-toh] / ɛks ˈfɑk toʊ, ɛks ˈfæk toʊ /

adverb

Latin.
  1. according to fact; actually.


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Not the former; for our divines teach,357 that scandalum datum riseth sometimes, ex facto in se adiaphoro, when it is done intempestive, contra charitatis regulam.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

He has learned that in the practice of his art; and he will never learn it well, but when disengaged from the ardent struggle of immediate representation, of realistic and ex facto art.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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