"nonretroactivity" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times",
          "text": "The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.",
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        "The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive."
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