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Definition: Retroactive statute
Retroactive
\Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]troactif.]
Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action;
affecting what is past; retrospective. --Beddoes.
[1913 Webster]
Retroactive law or
Retroactive statute (Law), one which
operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way
expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the
law.
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