365* New Words a Year [Merriam Webster] (Workman Publishing) 3/20/8: ab initio
ab initio adv : from the beginning
The DYK indicates that this term "frequently appears as an adverb in legal contexts" but "recently, people have also begun using the term adjectivally to mean 'starting from or based on first principles' (as in'predicted from ab initio calculations')." The example sentence on the front has a judge ruling "that the contract was void ab initio", or void from the beginning. Which is a shorter way of saying "the contract is void retroactive to the date it started."
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