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ex post

Adjective

Meaning

ex post (not comparable)

(of financial returns etc) actual

ex-post (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of ex post

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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ex-post

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A person may be convicted for making a speech or for pamphleteering if a judge rules ex post facto that the speaker or publisher created a ‘clear and present danger' that his forbidden or revolutionary thesis would be accepted by a least some of the audience. William O. Douglas

Broad, W. J. (2007), p.15 Very often prophecies were worded ambiguously, so as to cover all contingencies – especially so ex post facto. Source: Internet

An ex post facto law is a law which applies retroactively, punishing someone for an act that was only made criminal after it was done. Source: Internet

Appraisal refers to ex ante (before the event) assessment and evaluation refers to ex post (after the event) assessment. citation Appraisal The appraisal of changes in the transport network is one of the most important applications of transport economics. Source: Internet

Joskow had a strong feeling that the important work in oligopoly was done through informal observations while formal models were "trotted out ex post ". Source: Internet

The ex post facto clause does not apply to civil matters. Source: Internet

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