retroactivity

English

Etymology

From retroactive +‎ -ity.

Noun

retroactivity (usually uncountable, plural retroactivities)

1. The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
2. (law) The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.
   • 2008, Ben Juratowitch, Retroactivity and the Common Law, page 12:

     it must be pointed out that the distinction between retroactivity and retrospectivity, while describing a real difference in the verbal form in which retrospective law is expressed, lacks normative and practical significance.

Synonyms

• retroactiveness

Translations

the state or characteristic of being retroactive

• Irish: aisghníomhaíocht f
• Swedish: retroaktivitet (sv) c

law: the application of a law to events that took place before it was made

• Czech: retroaktivita f
• Irish: cúlghabhálacht f
• Swedish: retroaktivitet (sv) c

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} retroazione (it) f