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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EX POST FACTO

From Latin ex from + post afterwards + factus done, from facere to do.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EX POST FACTO

ex post facto  [ɛks pəʊst ˈfæktəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EX POST FACTO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ex post facto is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EX POST FACTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ex post facto law

An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law. In criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; it may change the punishment prescribed for a crime, as by adding new penalties or extending sentences; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make conviction for a crime likelier than it would have been when the deed was committed. Conversely, a form of ex post facto law commonly called an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts or alleviate possible punishments retroactively. Such laws are also known by the Latin term in mitius. A law may have an ex post facto effect without being technically ex post facto. For example, when a law repeals a previous law, the repealed legislation is no longer applicable to situations to which it previously was, even if such situations arose before the law was repealed.

Definition of ex post facto in the English dictionary

The definition of ex post facto in the dictionary is having retrospective effect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EX POST FACTO


Alecto
əˈlɛktəʊ
alto
ˈæltəʊ
auto
ˈɔːtəʊ
conjunto
kɒnˈdʒʊntəʊ
dato
ˈdɑːtəʊ
destructo
dɪˈstrʌktəʊ
gusto
ˈɡʌstəʊ
junto
ˈdʒʊntəʊ
molto
ˈmɒltəʊ
perfecto
pəˈfɛktəʊ
photo
ˈfəʊtəʊ
pronto
ˈprɒntəʊ
puncto
ˈpʌŋktəʊ
punto
ˈpʊntəʊ
Quito
ˈkiːtəʊ
recto
ˈrɛktəʊ
santo
ˈsɑːntəʊ
tanto
ˈtæntəʊ
toe
təʊ
Toronto
təˈrɒntəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EX POST FACTO

ex all
ex ante
ex cathedra
ex div.
ex dividend
ex gratia
ex hypothesi
ex lib.
ex libris
ex new
ex nihilo
ex off.
ex officio
ex parte
ex silentio
ex voto
ex works
ex-con
ex-directory
ex-husband

WORDS THAT END LIKE EX POST FACTO

according to
be a wake-up to
come home to
come to
come up to
de dicto
de facto
down to
due to
face up to
flagrante delicto
give rise to
give way to
go to
go-to
how-to
in addition to
in flagrante delicto
ipso facto
to

Synonyms and antonyms of ex post facto in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ex post facto» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EX POST FACTO

Find out the translation of ex post facto to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ex post facto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ex post facto» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

事后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ex post facto
570 millions of speakers

English

ex post facto
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्व पोस्ट कार्योत्तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بأثر رجعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постфактум
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ex post facto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাক্তন পোস্ট আসলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ex post facto
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ex post facto
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ex-post- facto-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

事後の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사후
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ex post facto
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ex post facto
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னாள் பதவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रत्यक्षात नंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eski fiil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ex post facto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ex post
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

постфактум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ex post facto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ex post facto
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ex post facto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

efterhand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ex post facto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ex post facto

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EX POST FACTO»

The term «ex post facto» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EX POST FACTO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ex post facto

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EX POST FACTO»

Discover the use of ex post facto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ex post facto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Research in Education
Ex post facto research in education has permitted investigations of the effects of variables such as home background, father absence, early experiences, disabilities, teacher competence, and others that are beyond the control of educators.
Donald Ary, Lucy Jacobs, Christine Sorensen, 2013
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Health Research Design and Methodology
C. EX POST FACTO RESEARCH In ex post facto research, the researcher is unable to control independent variables because they have either already occurred or they cannot be controlled by nature. This form of research can be referred to ...
Eucharia E. Nnadi-Okolo, 1990
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Criminal Law
The U.S. Constitution forbids both Congress and the states from passing any “ex post facto Law.” U.S. Constitution, Art. I, § 9 [3]; Art. I, § 10 [1]. The conflict between ex post facto laws and the legality principle is clear: a law passed “after the ...
David C. Brody, James R. Acker, 2011
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Criminal Law
ex post facto Criminal law made retroactive to punish priorconduct not criminal when done. Prohibited by Article I, Sections 9 and 10, ofthe Constitution. In succeeding chapters we discuss some of these rights in detail: States cannot criminalize ...
Thomas Gardner, Terry Anderson, 2014
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Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health
When researchers are prevented by either ethical or practical restrictions from manipulating variables in a systematic manner, they sometimes rely on ex post facto designs. An ex post facto design, one of several types of quasi-experimental  ...
Linda Brannon, Jess Feist, 2009
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Qualitative-quantitative Research Methodology: Exploring the ...
Ex Post Facto Research There are two types of independent variables, active and attribute. Active variables are under the control of the researcher and can therefore be manipulated. Attribute variables, such as gender and race, cannot be ...
Isadore Newman, 1998
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Defendant's Rights Today
The Ex Post Facto Rule A basic principle of our public law is that one is always permitted to do, with impunity, whatever is not forbidden by law. This is an indispensable element of a free society, in which freedom is always the rule and restraint ...
David Fellman, 1977
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Research Methodology: An Introduction
1.4 EX POST FACTO RESEARCH While in experimental research the researcher exposes similar groups to different treatments to see the effects of the treatments ( so moving from cause to effect), in ex post facto research he/she looks back at ...
Wayne Goddard, Stuart Melville, 2004
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A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and ...
129. Ex panels dictis intendere plnrima possis. Litt | 384. You can imply many things from few expressions. Ex panels plurima eoncipit ingeninm. Litt § 550. From a few words or hints the understanding conceives many things. EX POST FACTO.
Henry Campbell Black, 1910
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See ex ante. ex post facto is slightly pompous but fairly common when used for after the fact. The phrase does have legitimate uses in the sense "retroactive," as in ex post facto laws. E.g., "Application of the newly enacted burden to this ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EX POST FACTO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ex post facto is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trinidad Express Newspapers: Editorial | Another pick-up side
This outfit was clearly born out of dissatisfaction with UNC politics and some of its leading personalities, but, ex post facto, they seem to have ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
2
Advocate general deals another blow to economic assessment of …
... orders placed but is also retroactive, thus also cutting ex post facto the cost of all orders already placed during a given reference period.". «International Law Office, Jul 15»
3
GunDealio Archives - AmmoLand.com Shooting Sports News
Eric: Article 1 of the consitution is about no ex post facto, making something illegal after the fact . like ownership … Mutantone: and the Bow and ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
4
Think All Pedophiles Need to Register as Sex Offenders? You're …
... of the statue when an offender committed a sex crime, then imposing that punishment retroactively would be a violation of ex post facto law. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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'My Mother Told Me Never To Marry A Black Woman': How Race …
“Anti-Haitianism was an ex post facto rationalization of the massacre,” said Derby, who has interviewed survivors of the massacre along the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Dear Prudence: Help! I just found out my wife performed oral sex on …
The Constitution (Article 1, section 9) prohibits ex post facto laws. A: Thanks for the constitutional lesson! Q. Re: Dietary Needs at Wedding: Not ... «National Post, Jul 15»
7
How To Not Know about the CIA's Targeted Killing Program
They sought information about the program's legal basis; how targets are selected; civilian casualties; ex post facto intelligence assessments of ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
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Kenny Williams focused on Chicago, but Toronto remains a …
You may remember that story from last offseason, when it surfaced ex post facto that Jerry Reinsdorf didn't grant the Blue Jays permission to ... «South Side Sox, Jul 15»
9
Wringing Out the Budget
“Likewise, hopefully the DFA will take a dim view of this sort of ex post facto authorization in the budgeting process.” She adds that without a ... «Santa Fe Reporter, Jul 15»
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ObamaCare and America's Death Spiral
This ex post facto reasoning is why utopians often gravitate toward the morally weaker party in conflicts. Indeed, it bestows upon them a ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ex post facto [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ex-post-facto>. Apr 2024 ».
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