Retroactively
Hi.
I want to know what retroactively means in this sentence.
The tension increased recently after Germany criticized an Israeli law that would retroactively legalize thousands of homes in a settlement built on private Palestinian land.
I think it means that the law legalizes the Israeli settlement homes built there even before the law, maybe making it sound as if it had been legally OK for Israelis to settle on private Palestinian land.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
This is not a legal-term question. I just want to know the general meaning of the word in the sentence.
Thanks.
Top answer
kook j I think it means that the law legalizes the Israeli settlement homes built there even before the law, Right. They weren't legal when they were built, but the new law will make it as if they were.
- kook j I think it means that the law legalizes the Israeli settlement homes built there even before the law, Right.
- They weren't legal when they were built, but the new law will make it as if they were.
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kook jI think it means that the law legalizes the Israeli settlement homes built there even before the law,
Right. They weren't legal when they were built, but the new law will make it as if they were.
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