retroactive

retroactive
Process of acting with reference to past occurrences. Annacchino v. Annacchino, 61 Misc.2d 636, 306 N.Y.S.2d 603, 605.
See also retrospective
@ retroactive inference
The inferring of a previous fact from present conditions by a trier of facts. Gray v. Kurn, 345 Mo. 1027, 137 S.W.2d 558, 568.
@ retroactive law
"Retroactive" or "retrospective" laws are generally defined from a legal viewpoint as those which take away or impair vested rights acquired under existing laws, create new obligations, impose a new duty, or attach a new disability in respect to the transactions or considerations already past. Barbieri v. Morris, Mo., 315 S.W.2d 711, 714.
One which is intended to act on things that are past. Aetna Ins. Co. v. Richardelle, Tex.Civ.App., 528 S.W.2d 280, 284.
A statute which creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past or destroys or impairs vested rights. London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Pittman, 69 Ga. App. 146, 25 S.E,2d 60, 65, 66.
Such laws may be unenforceable because violative of the ex post facto clause of the U.S.Const., Art. I, Sec. 9, Cl. 3.
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