Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Maxims

Question:
It is a Latin phrase that essentially means "retroactive," or affecting something that's already happened. Which of the following Latin phrase is being referred to here?
Options:
Assentio Mentium
Ex Post Facto
De Die in Diem
Corpus Delicto
Correct Answer:
Ex Post Facto
Explanation:
Ex Post Facto: It is Latin for "from a thing done afterward". Ex post facto is a Latin phrase that essentially means "retroactive," or affecting something that's already happened. Approval for a project that's given ex post facto—after the project already has been begun or completed.
A law that makes chewing gum illegal and requires the arrest of every person who has ever chewed gum, even before the law existed, would be an example of an ex post facto law.