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retroactive
retroactive : extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in
Retroactively
In a retroactive manner
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Retroaction
Action returned or action backward
Retrospective or retroactive law
Retrospective or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law. A retroactive
ex post facto
ex post facto [Late Latin, literally, from a thing done afterward] : after the fact : retroactively [cannot judge ex post facto] adj 1 : done, made, or formulated after the fact : retroactive 2
ex post facto law
ex post facto law : a civil or criminal law with retroactive effect ;esp : a law that retroactively alters a defendant's rights esp. by criminalizing and imposing punishment for
Retroactive
Fitted or designed to retroact operating by returned action affecting what is past retrospective
Retro
A prefix or combining form signifying backward back as retroact to act backward retrospect a looking back
substantive law
adjective law, procedural law NOTE: There are restrictions on applying new substantive law (as statutory or case law) retroactively.
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