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Categories: Brocards, Latin legal terms, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia, Ethically disputed judicial practices, Criminal procedure

relation back relation ex post facto law ex-post facto Ex-post facto law

(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time WordNet 3.0

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(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law. Wikipedia

A law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of an action Wikipedia Disambiguation

His attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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