ex post facto

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  1. adjective Formulated, enacted, or operating retroactively. Used especially of a law.

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  1. Latin ex postfactō : ex, from + postfactō, ablative of postfactum, that which is done afterward.

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  1. More accurately written ex postfacto; Late Latin, adverb phrase (literally from what is done afterward), afterward, subsequently: ex, from; postfacto, ablative of postfactum, neuter of postfactus (a loose compound, also written post factus), done afterward: post, after; factus, done: see ex, post-, and fact.
 

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/ˈɛks poʊst fæktoʊ/
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