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‖ ex vi termini, adv. phr. Now Obs. or rare.|ɛks viː ˈtɜːmɪnɪ, older ɛks vaɪ ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ| [mod.L., ‘from the force of the term’.] By definition, by implication.
a1726Ld. Gilbert Cases in Law & Equity (1760) 247 These Words are not actionable, for Letters of Attorney do not ex vi Termini imply Deeds. 1826Reg. Deb. Congress U.S. 14 Feb. 107 There was nothing in the word road or canal which, ex vi termini, imported an object of internal improvement. 1846J. S. Mill in Edin. Rev. LXXXIV. 359 Religion, although ex vi termini preternatural, is yet a theory for the explanation of nature. 1911G. S. Bower Actionable Misrepresentation vi. 121 Inducement in fact, as distinguished from a tendency to induce (which is materiality), is, ex vi termini, a question of fact. 1933Mind XLII. 290 When it is a presentation, ex vi termini it is presented to a mind. |