retroactive statute
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 292 U.S. 443 - Reynolds v. United States · 1934Most cited · 224 citing opinions
A statute is not rendered retroactive merely because the facts or requisites upon which its subsequent action depends, or some of them, are drawn from a time antecedent to the enactment.
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