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How to use retroactive in a sentence

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The legislation isn't retroactive, so even if the bill is adopted, borrowers who have already consolidated won't be affected.
It was only in response to the application that the issue of retroactive child support was raised.
Lessig had in fact brought up the issue, arguing basically that retroactive copyright extensions have no value in promoting new works.
That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs.
This is another consideration that infuses the amount that I will fix for retroactive child support.
Thus, the abolition of tax shelter deductibility was made retroactive, imposing huge penalties after the fact.
By imposing a retroactive child support obligation, I have also accommodated Grace's payments.
A remote, retroactive intercessory prayer was said for the well being and full recovery of the intervention group.
The conclusion that is drawn later is that remote, retroactive intercessory prayer is effective.
The prohibition on retroactive penal legislation is linked to the right to a fair trial, as it is irrevocably an example of an unfair trial.
If by the end of fiscal 2002 sales have outstripped the cutbacks in compensation, LaMagna will distribute the difference as retroactive raises.
That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation.
The Court drew a distinction between the retroactive effect of penal provisions and retroactive effect outside the criminal sphere.
However, there are several factors in the present case which militate against any retroactive spousal support.
He asks that the retroactive order provide for payment out of his share of the matrimonial home when it is sold.
As he is surely aware, the Code of Canon Law discountenances retroactive laws, especially when they impose burdens rather than grant favors.
Where we disagree, then, is on the relative merit of before-the-fact permission and retroactive exculpation.
There has been considerable case law on the issue of retroactive payments recently.
The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates.
This change has been applied on a retroactive basis and, accordingly, certain comparative figures have been restated.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Of all the vain wishes, the retroactive pluperfect are the vainest, and an antenatal wish is sublimely ridiculous.
It remains to find the justificatory reason for this retroactive movement of the body, which seems illogical at first sight.
On the other hand, the retroactive effects of true charity are most beneficial.
There is not any question that we do not want to make it retroactive.
This is what occurs in the retroactive attitude of the head.
Love is expressed by a retroactive, never by a forward movement.
The retroactive payments are owed to nearly half of all recipients of Combat-Related Special Compensation and Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay.
A decision by this Court overturning the ruling below would vivify the constitutional due process restraints governing the enactment of retroactive laws.
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