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Relate Back

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

relate back


re·lat·ed back
re·lat·ing back
: to apply or take effect retroactively esp. based on relation back [the amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c)"]




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