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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011)

Citation
Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011)
Parent Document
Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2011-09-06

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“As a general matter, ‘all statutes are prospective in their operation, unless an intention that they shall be retrospective appears by necessary implication from their words, context or objects when considered in the light of the subject matter, the pre-existing state of the law and the effect upon existent rights, remedies and obligations. Doubtless all legislation commonly looks to the future, not to the past, and has no retroactive effect unless such effect manifestly is required by unequivocal terms.’ ”