Retroactive
11retroactive — Process of acting with reference to past occurrences. Annacchino v. Annacchino, 61 Misc.2d 636, 306 N.Y.S.2d 603, 605. See also retrospective @ retroactive inference The inferring of a previous fact from present conditions by a trier of facts.… …
12retroactive — adj. retroactive to * * * [ˌretrəʊ æktɪv] retroactive to …
13retroactive — [[t]re̱troʊæ̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ If a decision or action is retroactive, it is intended to take effect from a date in the past. [FORMAL] There are few precedents for the sort of retroactive legislation the banks want. Syn: retrospective Derived words:… …
14retroactive — adjective formal a law or decision that is retroactive is effective from a particular date in the past: a retroactive pay increase see also: retrospective 1 retroactively adverb …
15retroactive — adjective Etymology: French rétroactif, from Latin retroactus, past participle of retroagere to drive back, reverse, from retro + agere to drive more at agent Date: 1611 extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed… …
16retroactive — retroactively, adv. retroactivity, n. /re troh ak tiv/, adj. 1. operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law. 2. pertaining to a pay raise effective as of a past date. [1605 15; RETRO + ACTIVE] * * * …
17rétroactive — ● rétroactif, rétroactive adjectif (latin retroactum, de retroagere, ramener en arrière) Se dit d une loi, d un jugement, d un acte dont les effets s exercent sur une période antérieure à leur établissement. (Les lois sont exceptionnellement… …
18retroactive — ret·ro·ac·tive .re trō ak tiv adj having relation or reference to or efficacy in a prior time specif relating to, caused by, or being obliteration of the results of learning by immediately subsequent activity <retroactive inhibition> …
19retroactive — ret|ro|ac|tive [ ,retrou æktıv ] adjective FORMAL a retroactive law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or the decision was made ╾ ret|ro|ac|tive|ly adverb …
20retroactive — UK [ˌretrəʊˈæktɪv] / US [ˌretroʊˈæktɪv] adjective a retroactive law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made Derived word: retroactively… …
