Nunc Pro Tunc
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
practice. This phrase which signifies row for then, is used to express that a thing is done at one time which ought to have been performed at another. Leave of court must be obtained to do things nunc pro tunc, and this 1s granted to answer the purposes of justice, but never to do injustice.
Vide 1 V. & B. 312.