Sentence examples for was not retroactive from inspiring English sources

This change was not retroactive, but rather only applied to "all patents hereafter granted". Ibid.

Mr. Lungren said he supported the 2010 law in part because it was not retroactive.

But he later argued that the amendment was not retroactive and did apply to him.

But the amendment was not retroactive and did nothing to aid either Mr. Barnett or Mr. Nethercott.

It had no Government connection and in 1926 such an appellation was outlawed, but the legislation was not retroactive.

Last month, Missouri enacted a law barring the execution of the retarded, but it was not retroactive.

But the new law wasn't retroactive, which helped compel Obama to commute the sentences of more federal inmates.

But the new law wasn't retroactive, which helped compel Obama to commute the sentences of more federal inmates.

This is not retroactive.

The restrictions are not retroactive.

The bill is not retroactive in any way.