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{{a|plainengliush|}}[[Chicken licken]]s can have fun with this one. A “prior” notice must be given ''before'' the event in question, right?  
{{a|plainenglish|}}[[Chicken licken]]s can have fun with this one. A “prior” notice must be given ''before'' the event in question, right?  


But what if the notice is given ''afterward'', but is ''expressed to have retrospective effect''? You may wish to strike someone who asks such a stupid question, for such a person is indeed worthy of a walloping, but it does happen. Spotted, negotiated into a [[prime brokerage]] document — no doubt granted at length by an exasperated [[negotiator]] who was ultimately not prepared to [[die in a ditch]] about it:
But what if the notice is given ''afterward'', but is ''expressed to have retrospective effect''? You may wish to strike someone who asks such a stupid question, for such a person is indeed worthy of a walloping, but it does happen. Spotted, negotiated into a [[prime brokerage]] document — no doubt granted at length by an exasperated [[negotiator]] who was ultimately not prepared to [[die in a ditch]] about it: