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relation back is a noun meaning "(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time". It carries one recorded sense.
(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”
law
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for relation back come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.