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nonretroactivity

nonretroactivity noun: the quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.

Noun

nonretroactivity (uncountable)

  1. The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.
    • The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times

Origin of nonretroactivity

From non- + retroactivity.

Questions about nonretroactivity

What does nonretroactivity mean?
Nonretroactivity means the quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.
What part of speech is nonretroactivity?
Nonretroactivity is a noun.

Words near nonretroactivity in the dictionary

  1. nonretrenchment
  2. nonretribution
  3. nonretributive
  4. nonretrievable
  5. nonretroactive
  6. nonretroactivity
  7. nonretrofitted
  8. nonretroflex
  9. nonretrograde
  10. nonretroreflective
  11. nonretrotranscribed

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