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Ex facie, Latin for "on the face ," is a legal term typically used to note that a document's explicit terms are defective without further investigation. For example, a contract between two parties would be void ex facie if, under a legal system where it was a binding requirement for validity, the document did not require party A to give consideration to party B for services rendered.
Ex facie (in this case "out of the face ") can also refer to contempt of court committed outside of the court, as opposed to contempt in facie ("in the face "), which is committed in open court in front of the judge and can be punished immediately.
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