RELATION BACK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
   Synonym(s)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
   Hypernyms(s) relation back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • legal principle (what does legal principle mean?)
   • judicial principle (what does judicial principle mean?)
   • judicial doctrine (what does judicial doctrine mean?)