relation back

relation back
re·la·tion back n: the assigning of a prior date (as the date of execution of a document) to an act (as filing of a document and esp. a pleading) as the time of its effect esp. to avoid a time limit
the relation back of amendments to the date of the original pleading; also: the legal fiction that an action (as the filing of a document) was taken on a previous date to avoid the expiration of a time limit

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

relation back
n.
A principle in which some action is held to have occurred earlier than it did in fact occur; e.g., an amended complaint is still held to have been filed at the time of the original complaint for purposes of the statute of limitations.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


relation back
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. . 2000.

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