(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" पर्याय: relation back,
an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" पर्याय: telling, recounting,
a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" पर्याय: relative,