relation back
relation back 回溯 指当前的行为视同以前的行为。交由第三人掌管，条件完成时转交受让人的文件或契据，视同交付给第三人时即已交付受让人。补充起诉状(或答辩状)中所提出的主张或答辩，系出于原起诉状(原答辩状)中已提出的行为、事务或事件所引发，则补充的主张或答辩回溯至原起诉状(或原答辩状)。(→ex post facto)
RELATION BACK
relation back
relation back, n. 1. The doctrine that an act done at a later time is, under certain circumstances, treated as though it occurred at an earlier time. • In federal civil procedure, an amended pleading may relate back, for purposes of the statute of limitations, to the time when the original pleading was filed. Fed.