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Retrospective

Retrospective, 'retrospective' in relation to statutes etc. means 'operative with regard to past time'. The change effected does not

retrospective

retrospective : affecting things past : retroactive ;specif : of, relating to, or being a law that takes away

Retrospective

Looking backward contemplating things past opposed to prospective as a retrospective view

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Retrospection

The act or the faculty of looking back on things past

Retrospective law

Retrospective law, retrospective means looking backward; contemplating what is past; having reference to a statute or things existing before

Retrospective statutes

Retrospective statutes, means 'a statute is to be deemed to be retrospective, which takes away or impairs any vested

Retrospective or retroactive law

Retrospective or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law.

Declaratory and remedical Act

the common law, or the meaning or effect of any statute. Such Acts are usually held to be retrospective. A remedial Act, on the contrary, is not necessarily retrospective; it may be either enlarging or restraining and

Declaratory

Declaratory, as the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 is 'declaratory', the presumption against construing it retrospectively so as to respect vested rights, is not applicable. As sub-s. (3) of s. 84 in terms clarifies

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