retroactivity
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English
Etymology
From retroactive + -ity.
Noun
retroactivity (usually uncountable, plural retroactivities)
- The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
- (law) The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.
- 2008, Ben Juratowitch, Retroactivity and the Common Law, page 12:
- it must be pointed out that the distinction between retroactivity and retrospectivity, while describing a real difference in the verbal form in which retrospective law is expressed, lacks normative and practical significance.
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Translations
the state or characteristic of being retroactive
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law: the application of a law to events that took place before it was made
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