ex facie

ex facie [eks fey-shee-ee, eks fah-kee-ey] ExamplesWord Origin adverb, adjective Law.

1. (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 Examples from the Web for ex facie Historical Examples of ex facie

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