ex post facto

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From Latin ex (“‘from’”) + post (“‘after’”) + facto, ablative of factum (“‘deed’”)

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ex post facto (not comparable)

1. Retroactive
2. (law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
   • 1998, Daniel E. Troy, Retroactive Legislation‎, page 56:

     Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder.

   • 2009 Saturday, March 21, Jim McTague, “Would a Tax on Bonuses Be Constitutional?”, Barron's:

     That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: "Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like."

[edit] See also

• Ex post facto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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