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What does retroactive mean?

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By imposing a retroactive child support obligation, I have also accommodated Grace's payments.
That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs.
That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation.
Thus, the abolition of tax shelter deductibility was made retroactive, imposing huge penalties after the fact.
As he is surely aware, the Code of Canon Law discountenances retroactive laws, especially when they impose burdens rather than grant favors.
The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates.

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