relation back

relation back definition - legal

n

The principle that an act committed at a later time is considered as having occurred at the time of an earlier event; a judge’s application of that principle. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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