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What does ex post facto mean?

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Adjective
  1. Retroactive.
    1. (law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
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I speak of those Irish Presbyterians who are asking for an ex post facto law to confirm their marriages.
This assessment should include ex post facto ethical evaluation of such research.
The caution holds true for those weighing the ex post facto accounts of former presidents.
An ex post facto law was brought in with great precipitation, for annulling this dividend.
National parliaments are subsequently asked to ratify these agreements ex post facto.
If a nation is powerful like the U. S. and gets to change the rules ex post facto, the answer is not much.

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