Definitions for "Nunc Pro Tunc"
Keywords:  retroactive, tunc, latin, earlier, pro
A legal phrase applied to acts which are allowed after the time when they should be done, with a retroactive effect.
Used when an order is issued on one date but is effective retroactively; from the Latin for "now for then."
A latin phrase which means "now for then".  A  phrase that is applied to an act or acts that are allowed to be done after the time when they should or should have been done, with the effect of a retroactive date.  A court may entere an order now for something actually previously done and cause it or allow it to have effect on the former date.