ex vi termini
English
Etymology
From Latin, ēx (“out of”) + vī, ablative singular of vīs (“force”) + terminī, genitive singular of terminus (“word”).
Phrase
- by definition
- 1906, Edmund Burke, quotee, edited by William Jennings Bryan, The World's Famous Orations, volume 6: Ireland, page 28:
- The claim of a privilege seems rather, ex vi termini, to imply a superior power...
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