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ex post facto

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1. ex post facto - Adjective

3. ex post facto - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Ex postfacto

Source: Webster's dictionary

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ex-post facto

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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

retroactive tax increase Source: Internet

an ex-post-facto law Source: Internet

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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

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