retrospectivity

noun

retrospectivity

noun

Etymology From retrospective + -ity.

1

The effect of being retrospective or retroactive.

it must be pointed out that the distinction between retroactivity and retrospectivity, while describing a real difference in the verbal form in which retrospective law is expressed, lacks normative and practical significance.2008, Ben Juratowitch, Retroactivity and the Common Law, page 12:

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