ex post facto

參見：expostfacto

英语

其他形式

• expost facto
• expostfacto

词源

源自拉丁語 ex (“来自”) + post (“在...之后”) + facto，factum (“行为”)的离格。拉丁语中，ex支配离格，而post支配宾格（参见英语维基百科中关于该短语语法和用法的相关讨论。）

形容词

ex post facto (無比較級)

1. 事后的，回顾的
   1. (法律) 有追溯效力的（比如在某事之后颁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.

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      • 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."

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相关词汇

• ex post

参见

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