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relation

/rɪ'leɪʃən/

noun
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
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"his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"

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relation back

type of:
legal principle judicial doctrine judicial principle
noun
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
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carnal knowledge coition coitus copulation intercourse sex act sexual congress sexual intercourse sexual relation

type of:
sex activity sexual activity sex sexual practice
noun
a person related by blood or marriage
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"he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

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relative

type of:
somebody individual person mortal soul someone
noun
an act of narration
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"he was the hero according to his own relation"

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recounting telling

type of:
yarn narration recital
noun
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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type of:
abstraction abstract entity
noun
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
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"international relations"

type of:
traffic dealings

Examples of relation

"his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
"he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
"he was the hero according to his own relation"
"international relations"

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