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nunc pro tunc

nunc pro tunc adverb: performed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.

Adverb

nunc pro tunc (not comparable)

  1. Performed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.

Origin of nunc pro tunc

Latin "now for then"

Questions about nunc pro tunc

What does nunc pro tunc mean?
Nunc pro tunc means performed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.
What part of speech is nunc pro tunc?
Nunc pro tunc is an adverb.

Words near nunc pro tunc in the dictionary

  1. nunbird
  2. nunbirds
  3. Nunburnholme
  4. Nunc
  5. Nunc dimittis
  6. nunc pro tunc
  7. nunc stans
  8. nuncatie
  9. nuncaties
  10. nunchaku
  11. nunchakus

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