If dependent relations were capable of relating by virtue of their dependence on relata, this dependence would itself be a further relation requiring grounding, iterating the problem.

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Relata(in philosophy of relations): The individual things that a relation connects—for example, in 'Alice loves Bob,' Alice and Bob are the relata (the things being related).
dependent relations(metaphysics/ontology): Connections or relationships between things that only exist because they depend on those things—like how 'being a parent' only exists because there are children to be a parent to.
grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.): A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.
infinite regress(modes of argumentation available to a dogmatist): An argument structure in which grounds are offered for a claim P, then grounds for those grounds, and so on indefinitely without ever repeating a proposition

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