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Meaning of nonretroactivity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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