Retroactively

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 law takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 37A, pp. 224-225....

retroactive

retroactive : extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past ;esp : made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition [a tax] see also ex post facto law ret·ro·ac·tive·ly adv ret·ro·ac·tiv·i·ty [-ak-ti-və-tē] n ...

Retroactive

Fitted or designed to retroact operating by returned action affecting what is past retrospective...

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 : of or relating to an ex post facto law [the chief concerns of the ex post facto ban "L. H. Tribe"] ...

just

just [Latin justus lawful, merited, from jus right, law] : conforming to law or to the underlying principles of law: as a : conforming to reason or a standard of correctness [ sanctions cannot be excessive in relation to the offense] b : conforming with what is deemed fair or good [the award of attorney's fees was ] [the application of this rule retroactively is not ] just·ly adv just·ness n ...

relate back

relate back re·lat·ed back re·lat·ing back : to apply or take effect retroactively esp. based on relation back [the amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c)"] ...

substantive law

substantive law : law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of action that can be enforced by law compare adjective law, procedural law NOTE: There are restrictions on applying new substantive law (as statutory or case law) retroactively. ...

In a retroactive manner...

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 an act that was not criminal or punishable at the time it was committed, by increasing the severity of a crime from its level at the time the crime was committed, by increasing the punishment for a crime from the punishment imposed at the time the crime was committed, or by taking away from the protections (as evidentiary protection) afforded the defendant by the law as it existed when the act was committed NOTE: Ex post facto laws are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. ...

Retro

A prefix or combining form signifying backward back as retroact to act backward retrospect a looking back...

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