Prospective
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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.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.