RELATION BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relation back mean? 

• RELATION BACK (noun)
  The noun RELATION BACK has 1 sense:

1. (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time

  Familiarity information: RELATION BACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELATION BACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

relation; relation back

Context example:

his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed

Hypernyms ("relation back" is a kind of...):

judicial doctrine; judicial principle; legal principle ((law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)