"ex post facto" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: expost facto [alternative], expostfacto [alternative]
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”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=ex post facto}} ex post facto (not comparable)
  1. Retroactive. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ex_post_facto-en-adj-xgZEEhW3
  2. Retroactive.
    (law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
    Tags: not-comparable Related terms: ex post 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): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 60 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 67 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 81 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 78 18 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'formulated or enacted after some event, then retroactively applied to it': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (retroactive): visszamenőleges (Hungarian)
Disambiguation of 'retroactive': 50 50

Adverb [English]

Forms: expost facto [alternative], expostfacto [alternative]
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”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=ex post facto}} ex post facto (not comparable)
  1. (law) By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ex_post_facto-en-adv-nEbJCAke Categories (other): Law Topics: law

Alternative forms

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