retroactive act

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• retroactive — ret·ro·ac·tive /ˌre trō ak tiv/ adj: extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past; esp: made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition a retroactive tax see also …   Law dictionary

• Retroactive overtime — (ROT) is an additional amount of money that is awarded to an employee when the employee has a combination of overtime and an additional amount of money, such as a commission or a bonus that is guaranteed based upon work requirements. Overtime is… …   Wikipedia

• retroactive — (adj.) 1610s, from Fr. rétroactif (fem. rétroactive) casting or relating back, from L. retroactus, pp. of retroagere drive or turn back, from retro back (see RETRO (Cf. retro )) + agere to drive, set in motion (see ACT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• Retroactive — Re tro*act ive, a. [Cf. F. r[ e]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. [1913 Webster] {Retroactive law} or {Retroactive statute} (Law), one which operates to make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Retroactive law — Retroactive Re tro*act ive, a. [Cf. F. r[ e]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. [1913 Webster] {Retroactive law} or {Retroactive statute} (Law), one which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Retroactive statute — Retroactive Re tro*act ive, a. [Cf. F. r[ e]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. [1913 Webster] {Retroactive law} or {Retroactive statute} (Law), one which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Retroactive Interest Rate Increase — A common practice used in the credit card industry to increase interest rates on purchases made in the past. A retroactive interest rate increase will affect your outstanding balance. This is often viewed as an unfair lending practice because… …   Investment dictionary

• retroactive — 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.… …   Black's law dictionary

• retroactive hallucination —    The term retroactive hallucination is indebted to the Latin words retro (backwards) and agere (to do, to act). It translates roughly as a hallucination placed into one s memory . The term hallucination rétroactive was coined in or shortly… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• retroactive law — noun or retroactive statute : a law that operates to make criminal or punishable or in any way expressly affects an act done prior to the passing of the law compare ex post facto law …   Useful english dictionary

• retroactive law — noun any law that makes a prior legal act illegal, or increases the penalty for a prior illegal act Syn: retrospective law …   Wiktionary