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retroactivitynoun
The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
retroactivitynoun
The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.
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Retroactivity
Retroactivity in law is the application of a given norm to events that took place or began to produce legal effects, before the law was approved. Most countries are guided by the general principle of irretroactivity of law, which severely restricts this kind of ex-temporary application. Until the middle of the 20th century, common-law systems in the United States operated on the premise that the law was natural and the courts only found the law. This presumption led to all decisions being retroactively applied to all prior cases that involved the issue in question. However, with the development of legal realism and the proliferation of legislatively enacted law, the courts shifted to a role of interpreting law that had been "made" rather than a role of "finding" natural law. Complete retroactivity was abolished by the Supreme Court in Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314. Currently in the United States there are four forms of retroactivity when a new rule is developed on appeal: ⁕Rule applies only to prospective cases ⁕Rule applies to the case at hand as well as prospective cases ⁕"Pipeline retroactivity" - rule applies to case at hand as well as all cases currently being tried or appealed
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of retroactivity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of retroactivity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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