ex post facto

ex post facto
/eks" pohst' fak"toh/
1. from or by subsequent action; subsequently; retrospectively; retroactively.
2. having retroactive force; made or done subsequently: an ex post facto law.
[1625-35; < L: from a thing done afterward, from what is done afterward]

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