ex tunc
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc (“from the beginning”, literally “from then”).
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Prepositional phrase edit
ex tunc
- (law) from the beginning, from the outset. Used to describe certain legal effects that can affect situations prior to this point in time and therefore can affect past actions.
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law: from the beginning, from the outset
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc.
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
ex (“from, out of”) + tunc (“then, in the past”); the use of ex with adverbs of time is a Late Latin development.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eks tunk/, [ɛks̠ t̪ʊŋk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eks tunk/, [ɛks t̪uŋk]
Adverb edit
ex tunc (not comparable) (Late Latin)
References edit
- ex in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Souter, Alexander (1949), “extunc”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 142