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ex post facto
Retroactive.
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One of them added that it was hard lines that there wasn’t any gentleman “such-like as yourself, squire,” to show some sort of appreciation of their efforts in a liquid form; […] The opportunities of acquiring an abnormal thirst had been here limited; a noble use of them had, however, been made, and again I was compelled to deal with the result in an ex post facto manner.
(law) Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.
(law) By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question.
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