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Law Dictionary Letter R

Retrospective Statutes

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Retrospective statutes, means 'a statute is to be deemed to be retrospective, which takes away or impairs any vested right acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, or imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability in respect to transactions or consideration already past, Craies on Statute Law, 7th Edn., p. 387.

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