WordNet: relation, relation back

(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"

• domain: topic jurisprudence, law

• hypernym judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle

relation

• (suomi) taannehtivuus (synonyymi)

relation back

• (suomi) taannehtivuus (synonyymi)