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English Thesaurus

1. (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle,
definition	:	(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)