Ex post facto \Ex" post` fac"to\, or Ex postfacto \Ex" post`fac"to\ ([e^]ks" p[=o]st" f[a^]k"t[-o]). [L., from what is done afterwards.] (Law) From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
ex post facto adj : affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: {retroactive}, {retro}]