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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

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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

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

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relative

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

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recounting telling

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

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traffic dealings

Definition that contains relation

comparison relation based on similarities and differences
clientage relation of a client to a patron
medical literature analysis and retrieval system relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature
medlars relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature
angular position relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established

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