relation back

英 美
  • 追溯效力
  • back n.后面;背脊;靠背;后背;后卫vt.支持;后退adv.向后地adj.向后的;后面的;偏远的;过时的;积欠的
  • relation n.关系;联系;亲戚;陈述;参考
Noun:
  1. (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"