Usually means: Retroactively applied by court order.
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  1. nunc pro tunc: Wiktionary
  2. nunc pro tunc: Dictionary.com
  3. Nunc pro tunc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. nunc pro tunc: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. nunc pro tunc: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. nunc pro tunc: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nunc pro tunc)

▸ adverb:  (law) Performed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.

Similar:
ex nunc, ab initio, precedentially, retroactively, hitherto, already, ab init, pro tempore, meanwhile, p. t., more...

Opposite:
retroactive, after fact, ex post facto

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Similar:
ex nunc, ab initio, precedentially, retroactively, hitherto, already, ab init, pro tempore, meanwhile, p. t., more...

Opposite:
retroactive, after fact, ex post facto



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