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retroactive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retroactive \Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action affecting what is past; retrospective. --Beddoes. {Retroactive law} or {statute} (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retroactive adj : affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law" [syn: {ex post facto}]
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