"ex post facto" meaning in English

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Adjective

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|-}} 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 Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: expost facto, expostfacto 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 76 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 78 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 82 15 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'formulated or enacted after some event, then retroactively applied to it': 3 97

Adverb

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|-}} ex post facto (not comparable)
  1. (law) By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-ex_post_facto-en-adv-nEbJCAke Topics: law

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