adj. Formulated, enacted, or operating retroactively: "When we apply today's morality to yesterday's mores, we indulge in ex post facto judgment" (William Safire). [Latin ex postfactō : ex, from + postfactō, ablative of postfactum, that which is done afterward.] |
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