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Ex Post Facto protects a person from being charged with breaking the law or committing a crime if they committed it before the law went into effect. For example if I committed a crime but at the time it wasn't against the law but they soon passed a law saying that it was illegal they could not come after me for having committed a crime that at that time would not have been a crime.

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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."


A retroactive criminal law is called a?

Ex post facto law


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"


A law punished a person for something that was not against the law when that person did not do it is called?

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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.


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.


How does the US Supreme Court interpret ex post facto laws?

Ex post facto laws are specifically prohibited by the Constitution.


Is it true an ex post facto law is a law that makes an act illegal after the act has been committed?

Yes, an ex post facto law cannot impose punishment on a person who committed an act before it was illegal. This includes increasing the severity of the punishment from what it was when the crime was committed. Ex post facto applies to criminal law and not civil law as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Also, some laws, for example the sex offenders registry, are considered a regulatory device for public safety and not a punitive action. no ex-post facto law after the fact. no ex-post facto law after the fact.


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 is the difference between ex post facto approval and post facto approval?

Ex-ost-facto means the rules applicable at the time of before the happenings for which which approval sought and post-facto means the rules applicable at the time after the happenings for which the approval is sought.


Im doing a case in school and how will do you know if Ex Post Facto Law applys?

(in the US) Ex Post Facto laws are forbidden by the US Constitution.