relation back
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal principle |