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Ex post facto
Definitions
- 1 Retroactive. not-comparable
"One of them added that it was hard lines that there wasn’t any gentleman “such-like as yourself, squire,” to show some sort of appreciation of their efforts in a liquid form; […] The opportunities of acquiring an abnormal thirst had been here limited; a noble use of them had, however, been made, and again I was compelled to deal with the result in an ex post facto manner."
- 2 Retroactive.; Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it. not-comparable
"Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder."
- 1 affecting things past wordnet
- 1 By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question. not-comparable
"What he did was not a crime when he did it, but he was convicted ex post facto."
Etymology
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.)
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.)
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