Retrospective - Law Dictionary Search Results

Retrospective

Retrospective, 'retrospective' in relation to statutes etc. means 'operative with regard

Retrospective law, retrospective means looking backward; contemplating what is past; having

Retrospective statutes, means 'a statute is to be deemed to be

Keep your definitions linked to case research

retrospective : affecting things past : retroactive ;specif : of, relating

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

Retrospective or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs

By way of retrospect

of any statute. Such Acts are usually held to be retrospective. A remedial Act, on the contrary, is not necessarily retrospective;

38), came into operation on the 1st January, 1883, was retrospective, and though not repealing the Act of 1877, rendered its

50 Vict. c. 11), applicable to the metropolis only and retrospective, and shortly afterwards to the general Riot Damages Act, 1886,

Try the research workspace — 7 days free