Word: facto
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...amateurs, and disfranchised themselves, so to speak. In other words, a long standing precedent becomes in effect a law. These facts being known to the Brown men previously to their engagement, refusing to accept their explanation would not have been in the "nature of an ex post facto law." Moreover, ex post facto laws relate only to criminal cases, and therefore can have no application to this one. We are sorry that "private reasons" forced the Brown men to join a professional club; but at the same time we think that this fact should have no influence on our delegates...