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It is a law that changes consequences of actions committed before the law was inacted. It may make things better or worse. it is sometimes not permitted with common laws.
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What term means to punish someone for something that was not illegal when it was done?
The legal term for a law that has criminal penalties that effect people prior to the enactment of that law is called an "ex-post facto law". Ex-post facto laws are illegal in most countries and the US Constitution expressly forbids the creation or passage of an ex-post facto law.
Which term applies to this scenario?
ex post facto law
What is the term for Punishment for an act before it was illegal?
The term is "Ex Post Facto"
What is the Latin phrase for retrospective action?
ex post facto ex post facto
What is Latin for after the fact?
I believe it's "ex post facto."
Latin term meaning a law passed after the fact?
ex post facto
What is the term for being arrested for something you did before it was a crime?
Ex-Post Facto
What is ex post facoto?
I think you mean ex post facto, which is latin for "after the fact" I think you mean ex post facto, which is latin for "after the fact"
How does the US Supreme Court interpret ex post facto laws?
Ex post facto laws are specifically prohibited by the Constitution.
What is the latin term meaning no person can be convicted of a crime that was later made a law?
"Ex post facto"
What is name of a law that makes something a crime after the fact?
Ex Post Facto law "Congress shall pass no Ex Post Facto law", I believe is how it appears in the constitution. It is latin for after the fact.
What type of law punishes a person for doing something that was not illegal at the time it was done?
That would be making a law retroactive to a date before the passing of the law. The US Constitution forbids doing it. That would be known as an Ex Post Facto Law and is unconstitutional.
