"ex post facto" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

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.) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ex||from}} Latin ex (“from”), {{m|la|post||after}} post (“after”), {{m|la|facto|}} facto, {{m|la|factum||deed}} factum (“deed”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ex post facto (not comparable)
  1. Retroactive. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ex_post_facto-en-adj-xgZEEhW3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51
  2. Retroactive.
    (law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law Translations (formulated or enacted after some event, then retroactively applied to it): taannehtiva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ex_post_facto-en-adj-hKOgE6KU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'formulated or enacted after some event, then retroactively applied to it': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: expost facto, expostfacto Related terms: ex post

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