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LAW, PROSPECTIVE. One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past. PROSPECTIVE. That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 116. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Macaulay's understanding of Burke was mediated to some extent through the Whig intellectual Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), who bequeathed Macaulay his own notes for a prospective history of England. |
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