Sc. Law. [L. ex out of + faciē, abl. of facies face.] On (lit. from) the face (of a document); so far as appears from the document itself. Also attrib.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., 348/2. A deed ex facie valid and regular, but … reducible on the head of deathbed, [etc.]. Ibid., Ex facie nullities, whether at common law or founded on statute, are pleadable by way of exception.
