nonretroactivity

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ retroactivity.

Noun

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nonretroactivity (uncountable)

  1. The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.
    • 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.
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