2. A dictionary or
vocabulary which explains words.
1. Serving to explain; tending to illustrate.
2. Ex post
facto . [Latin] In law, done after another thing. An estate granted may be made good by matter ex post
facto, which was not good at first.
3. An ex post
facto law, in criminal cases, consists in declaring an act
penal or criminal, which was innocent when done; or in raising the
grade of an
offense, making it greater than it was when committed, or increasing the punishment after the commission of the
offense; or in altering the rules of evidence, so as to allow different or less evidence to
convict the
offender, than was required when the
offense was committed.
4. An ex post
facto law is one that renders an act
punishable in a manner in which it was not
punishable at the time it was committed.
5. This definition is distinguished for its comprehensive
brevity and precision.
6. In a free government, no person can be subjected to punishment by an ex post
facto law.
