“When an order is signed ‘nunc pro tunc’ as of a specified date, it means that a thing is now done which should have been done on the specified date.” 35A C.J.S. Federal Civil Procedure §§ 370, at 556 (1960).
nunc pro tunc
nunc pro tunc (n[schwa]ngk proh t[schwa]ngkornuungk proh tuungk). [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). [Cases: Judgment 273, 326; Motions 54. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 123–125, 299; Motions and Orders § 51.]
