单词 | ex post facto law |
释义 | ex post facto law From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Lawex post facto lawex post fac‧to law /ˌeks pəʊst ˈfæktəʊ ˌlɔː $ -poʊst ˈfæktoʊ ˌlɒː/ noun [countable] lawSCLa law that makes a particular action into a crime, and then punishes people who took that action before it had legally become a crimeExamples from the Corpusex post facto law• No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed.Origin ex post facto law (1700-1800) Latin “from a thing done afterward” |
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