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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #10101) From or by subsequent action 2) Having retroactive force 3) Retroactive 4) Retroactively 5) Retrospectively 6) Subsequently
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Ex Post Facto

Ex Post Facto logo #22319After the fact. The Constitution prohibits the enactment of ex post facto laws. These are laws that permit conviction and punishment for an act that was lawful at the time it was performed.
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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #21002• Alt. of Ex postfacto
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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #20456The Latin term 'Ex post facto' means, in a UK legal context: 'by reason of a subsequent act'.
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Ex Post Facto

Ex Post Facto logo #21213adj. Latin for "after the fact," which refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increasing the penalty for a crime after it is committed. Such laws are specifically prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9. Therefore, if a state legislature or Congress enacts new rules o...
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #21681After the fact. The Constitution prohibits the enactment of ex post facto laws. These are laws that permit conviction and punishment for a lawful act performed before the law was changed and the act made illegal.
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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #20972Ex' post` fac'to or Ex' post`fac'to (ĕks' pōst' făk'to) . [ Latin , from what is done afterwards.] (Law) From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective. Ex post facto law , a law which operates by after enactment. Th...
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Ex Post Facto

Ex Post Facto logo #21212Term used to designate action taken to change the effect given to a set of circumstances. This action relates back to a prior time and places this new effect upon the same set of circumstances existing at that time. Ex post facto laws are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
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Ex Post Facto

Ex Post Facto logo #21217Ex post facto is Latin for after the event; retrospectively
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #20400[adj] - affecting things past
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #21009ex post facto Arising or enacted after the fact, retroactive. An ex post facto law is one which sets a penalty for an act that was not illegal at the time it was performed. Such laws are forbidden by the United States Constitution.
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #22994knowledge or law after an event applied retrospectively to the event - similar to 'with the benefit of hindsight', or the sense of 'knowing now what we did not know then'
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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #20914because of some later event. Where a later event or occurrence interferes with an earlier agreement.
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Ex post facto

Ex post facto logo #20917By reason of a subsequent act
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #20974retroactive adjective affecting things past; `retroactive tax increase`; `an ex-post-facto law`; `retro pay`
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Ex Post Facto

Ex Post Facto logo #22448By a subsequent act Something that occurs after the event but having a retrospective effect
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ex post facto

ex post facto logo #21199from or by subsequent action; subsequently; retrospectively; retroactively. · having retroactive force; made or done subsequently: an ex post facto law.
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