B. Having retroactive legal effect through a court's inherent power
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[Latin "now for then"] Having retroactive legal effect through a court's inherent power <the court entered a nunc pro tunc order to correct a clerical error in the record >.
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The following passage is from an actual court document that asks the Judge to clarify a part of a previous order.
"MOTION FOR NUNC PRO TUNC ORDER
Plaintiff, by counsel, hereby respectfully requests this court to issue a nunc pro tunc order clarifying paragraph 3 of the mandate and in support thereof states as follows:...
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this court issue a NUNC PRO TUNC order clarifying paragraph 3 of the Order of Mandate." Read more