The Latin phrase «Ex nunc" it means literally «from now«. In right, is used to indicate that a standard legal, a contract or act legal produces effects from the present moment in which it originates or is dictated, without to affect past situations. That is, it does not have retroactivity.
Examples:
- An law: when a new law comes into force, its effects They apply from their publication at the Diary Official, not to previous situations.
- Un contract: un contract de rental, for example, regulates the relations between the parties from the moment of their company, not before.
- Voidability: and a contract It is voidable and is declared nullity, effects of this declaration are produced "Ex nunc», that is, from the moment of the sentences, without to affect effects already produced by the contract before the nullity.
Ex nunc vs. Ex tunc:
The opposite expression to "Ex nunc" is "former tunc", What does it mean "since then«. The latter is used to refer to situations in which a standard or act legal has effects retroactive, that is, it affects past situations.
