Ex contractu, Latin for "from a contract", is a legal term that indicates a consequence of a contract.
Ex contractu is often used to denote the source of a legal action (often as opposed to ex delicto).
that damages ex contractu will lie for nonfeasance, misfeasance and malfeasance; whereas damages ex delicto will only lie for misfeasance and malfeasance.
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