retrospectivityn.
/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)spɛkˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəspɛkˈtɪvᵻdi/ Law.
The condition or fact of being retroactive; retroactive effect. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > going back in time or backward move
recession1646
retrospectivity1797
hark back1798
1797 T. Twining Let. 14 Dec. (1991) II. 501 The retrospectivity of it [sc. a tax] shocked me.
1868 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 33 415 The doctrine of retrospectivity, asserted in the Grimes case, has been virtually condemned by this Court.
1903 Eng. Hist. Rev. 18 523 It may occur to us that a certain retrospectivity had been desired by those who drew the bill.
1980 M. Cullity Hist. Dairying W. Austral. (ed. 2) 51 In February 1933 an agreement under the terms of the Empire Settlement Act 1923 was signed, with retrospectivity to September 1922, so covering migrants who had arrived earlier.
2001 Harvard Law Rev. 115 324 Retrospectivity may tempt judges to alter a legal rule to punish a particular defendant more harshly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1797- to open a trench
- to open a trenches
- to open a way
- to open a window for
- to open a window to
- to open an account
- to open fire
- to open full mouth
- to open its eye
- to open light
- to open one's account
- to open one's budget
- to open one's ears
- to open one's eyes
- to open one's eyes to
- to open one's face
- to open one's fire
- to open one's head
- to open one's heart
- to open one's legs
- to open one's legs to someone
- to open one's lips
- to open one's mind
- to open one's mouth
- to open one's mouth wide