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.] “When an […]