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Ex post facto law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ex post facto law (from the Latin for "after the fact") or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relatio...
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Definition of ex post facto law from Webster's New World Law Dictionary. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World Law Dictionary » ex post facto law...
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In U.S. Constitutional Law, the definition of what is ex post facto is more limited. The first definition of what exactly constitutes an ex post facto law is found in Calder v Bull (3 US 386 [1798]), in the opinion of Justice Chase:
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Sure, if you use this new definition of "ex post facto law". We could also use new definitions for any of the other words in the sentence and get even more meanings. ... I'm trying to explain this w/o using legalese.
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No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. ... pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. ... Ex Post Facto Laws...
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