ex post facto law

  • 21ex post facto — /ɛks poʊst ˈfæktoʊ/ (say eks pohst faktoh) adverb 1. from or by subsequent action; subsequently; retrospectively. –adjective 2. retrospective: an ex post facto law. {Latin} …

  • 22law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …

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  • 23ЗАКОН EX POST FACTO — англ. law, ex post facto; нем. Gesetz ex post facto. 1. Интерпретация уже происшедших (в прошлом) событий как закономерных. 2. В праве обратная сила закона принцип, согласно к рому закон может быть применен к отношениям, принятым до его… …

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  • 24ЗАКОН EX POST FACTO — англ. law, ex post facto; нем. Gesetz ex post facto. 1. Интерпретация уже происшедших (в прошлом) событий как закономерных. 2. В праве обратная сила закона принцип, согласно к рому закон может быть применен к отношениям, принятым до его… …

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  • 25retroactive law — n. A law that applies to events that happened before it was passed. See also ex post facto, retrospective law The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 26habitual criminal law — n: a law that imposes greater penalties if a convicted defendant has previously been convicted of one or more crimes ◇ Some such laws have been challenged on the ground of violating the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth… …

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  • 27clausula vel dispositio inutilis per praesumptionem remotam, vel causam ex post facto non fulcitur — /klozhala vel dispazish(iy)ow inyuwtalas par prazam(p)shiy6wnam ramowtam, vel kozam eks powst faektow non falsatar/ A useless clause or disposition [one which expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied] is not supported by a …

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  • 28clausula vel dispositio inutilis per praesumptionem remotam, vel causam ex post facto non fulcitur — /klozhala vel dispazish(iy)ow inyuwtalas par prazam(p)shiy6wnam ramowtam, vel kozam eks powst faektow non falsatar/ A useless clause or disposition [one which expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied] is not supported by a …

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  • 29Quae ab initio inutilis fuit institutio, ex post facto convalescere non potest — (Civil law.) An institution which was void from the beginning cannot be made valid by a subsequent act …

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  • 30Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …

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