Meanings
adverbnunc pro tunc (not comparable)
- not comparablelawPerformed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.
Origin
Latin "now for then"
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish con efecto retroactivo
- con efecto retroactivoa retroactive act of the court
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