ex post facto
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See also: expostfacto
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ex (“from”) + post (“after”) + facto, ablative of factum (“deed”). In Latin, ex takes the ablative case, while post takes the accusative case. (See Wikipedia for a discussion of the grammatical form and usage of this phrase.)
Adjective
[edit]ex post facto (not comparable)
- Retroactive.
- (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 March 21, Jim McTague, “Would a Tax on Bonuses Be Constitutional?”, in 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."
- (law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
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[edit]retroactive
formulated or enacted after some event, then retroactively applied to it
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Adverb
[edit]ex post facto (not comparable)
- (law) By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question.
- What he did was not a crime when he did it, but he was convicted ex post facto.
See also
[edit]Ex post facto law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia