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PRONUNCIATION OF RETROACTIVITY

retroactivity  [ˌrɛtrəʊækˈtɪvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETROACTIVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retroactivity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RETROACTIVITY 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 For example, when a law repeals a previous law, the repealed legislation is no longer applicable to situations to which it previously was, even if such situations arose before the law was repealed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETROACTIVITY


activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
captivity
kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
hyperactivity
ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
inactivity
ˌɪnækˈtɪvɪtɪ
interactivity
ˌɪntərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
nativity
nəˈtɪvɪtɪ
negativity
ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪtɪ
positivity
ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
radioactivity
ˌreɪdɪəʊækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reactivity
ˌriːækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reflectivity
ˌriːflɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
relativity
ˌrɛləˈtɪvɪtɪ
resistivity
ˌriːzɪsˈtɪvɪtɪ
selectivity
sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
superconductivity
ˌsuːpəˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETROACTIVITY

retro
retro-operative
retroact
retroaction
retroactive
retroactive inhibition
retroactive interference
retroactively
retroactiveness
retrobulbar
retrocede
retrocedence
retrocedent
retrocession
retrocessive
retrochoir
retrocognition
retrodict
retrodiction
retrodictive

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETROACTIVITY

absorptivity
adaptivity
additivity
associativity
cooperativity
diffusivity
electronegativity
exclusivity
expressivity
extravehicular activity
gravity
hypersensitivity
inclusivity
motivity
objectivity
physical activity
special theory of relativity
subjectivity
thermal conductivity
transitivity
transmissivity

Synonyms and antonyms of retroactivity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retroactivity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETROACTIVITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

溯及既往
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retroactividad
570 millions of speakers

English

retroactivity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retroactivity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رجعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обратной силы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retroactividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retroactivity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rétroactivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retroaktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückwirkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遡及
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소급
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retroactivity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính hồi tố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயற்றப்பட்டதற்கும் முந்தைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेट्रोएक्टीपीटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geçmişe dönük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retroattività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wstecznej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зворотної сили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retroactivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναδρομικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terrugwerkende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retroaktiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbakevirkende kraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retroactivity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROACTIVITY»

The term «retroactivity» is regularly used and occupies the 80.383 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROACTIVITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retroactivity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETROACTIVITY»

Discover the use of retroactivity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retroactivity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Principle of Legal Certainty in EC Law
True retroactivity in turn means the application of a legislative measure to a situation which is fully completed. The ECJ has accepted the material retroactivity in its case law, whereas true retroactivity is in principle prohibited.9 The prohibition ...
J. Raitio, 2003
2
Law of Property Rights Protection: Limitations on ...
If the statute applies retroactively, it may operate with either primary or secondary retroactivity. With primary retroactivity, what usually happens is that past action legally permissible prior to the new law, is made impermissible m the past by a ...
Jan Laitos, 1998
3
Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation
Thus, even if we think the legislature probably preferred some sort of retroactivity, preference-estimating analysis will rarely provide a confident answer about just what form that retroactivity should take. A preference- eliciting default rule can ...
Einer Elhauge, 2009
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Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law
The distinction between 'real retroactivity' and 'apparent retroactivity' has two implications for the present purposes. First, this distinction provides the key to exceptions to the principle of non-retroactivity, at least in respect of legislation.
‎1998
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General Principles of Criminal Law
NON-RETROACTIVITY The prohibition of retroactivity expresses the essential temporal condition of the principle of legality : the required criminal law must have existed when the conduct in issue occurred. As was seen above, this dates from ...
Jerome Hall, 2005
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Supranational Criminal Law: A System Sui Generis
2.2 Non-retroactivity In combination with the principle that forbids retroactivity – praevia lege – the two aforementioned requirements mean that the act for which someone is punished was already a crime according to an unequivocal (and ...
Roelof Haveman, Olga Kavran, Julian Nicholls, 2003
7
An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure
Related to statutory limitations is the principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law, which in turn forms part of the legality principle.112 The question of compatibility with the non-retroactivity principle arises when a limitation period is extended or ...
Hakan Friman, Darryl Robinson, 2010
8
Control Theory and Systems Biology
Figure 6.11 (a) Basic feedback/amplification mechanism by which amplifiers attenuate the e¤ect of the retroactivity to the output s. (b) Alternative representation of the same mechanism, which will be employed to design biological insulation ...
Pablo A. Iglesias, Brian P. Ingalls, 2010
9
Design and Analysis of Biomolecular Circuits: Engineering ...
These considerations strongly motivate the need for a novel theoretical framework to formally define and quantify retroactivity effects. In this chapter, we review a recently proposed framework for studying systems with retroactivity along with ...
Heinz Koeppl, Douglas Densmore, Gianluca Setti, 2011
10
Social Security Benefits Handbook, 5E
Section. 406.1. Retroactivity. and. Retirement. or. Survivors. Applications for these benefits (including dependent) cannot be more than six months retroactive, and sometimes they may have less or no retroactivity. Retroactivity means that you ...
Stanley Tomkiel III

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETROACTIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retroactivity is used in the context of the following news items.
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German Senior Bond Bill Faces Opposition on Retroactivity
“I propose examining alternatives that have less drastic consequences for institutions and investors, especially when it comes to subordination and retroactivity,” ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
2
Wash. Estates Ask High Court To Resolve Tax Retroactivity
The estates said the 2013 amendment infringed on the separation of powers and its retroactive application violated due process. "This court has never decided ... «Law360, Jun 15»
3
Don't Let Social Security Reduce Your Retirement Benefit By Making …
Under the agency's retroactivity rules, such a person could receive up to six months of retroactive payments in a lump sum. They would still be out six months of ... «Forbes, May 15»
4
Property Tax Post: Florida Taxpayer Scores A Victory On Retroactivity
With much uncertainty for taxpayers in the field of retroactive application of tax laws, and many courts siding with the tax administrators, one taxpayer in Florida ... «Bloomberg BNA, May 15»
5
Retroactivity Revisited: Has Anything Changed?
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Carlton turned 20 last year, but the core issue within the case remains embattled. In this article, authors ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
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Weekly Round-Up: Retroactivity Revisited: Has Anything Changed?
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Carlton turned 20 last year, but the core issue within the case, the constitutionality of retroactive tax ... «Bloomberg BNA, Apr 15»
7
Supreme Court to Weigh Retroactivity of Mandatory JLWOP
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Supreme Court decision could forever alter the landscape of sentences of mandatory juvenile life without parole, potentially leading to ... «Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Apr 15»
8
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Miller Retroactivity Issue
“I think it's crucial that the court addresses the question of the retroactivity of Miller ... The U.S. Supreme Court had agreed in December to consider retroactivity in ... «Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Mar 15»
9
High Court Asked to Weigh Miller Retroactivity
She also noted the court has not declined to review other recent retroactivity ... Arkansas in the Supreme Court, is the lead attorney on two of the retroactivity ... «Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Mar 15»
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Ex-MP fraudster Joe Fontana keeps $122Gs a year pension
A private member's bill that's expected to be up for a final vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday has been watered down to remove retroactivity, ... «Calgary Sun, Feb 15»

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