ex post facto

參見：expostfacto

英語

其他形式

• expost facto
• expostfacto

詞源

源自拉丁語 ex (「來自」) + post (「在...之後」) + facto，factum (「行為」)的離格。拉丁語中，ex支配離格，而post支配賓格（參見英語維基百科中關於該短語語法和用法的相關討論。）

形容詞

ex post facto (無比較級)

1. 事後的，回顧的
   1. (法律) 有追溯效力的（比如在某事之後頒布但其效力追溯回某事）
      • 1998, Daniel E. Troy, Retroactive Legislation，第 56 頁:

        Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder.

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

      • 2009年3月21日, Jim McTague, 「Would a Tax on Bonuses Be Constitutional?」, 出自 Barron's:

        That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: "Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like."

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

相關詞彙

• ex post

參見

• Ex post facto law在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en