procedural law

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• procedural law — Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). It is distinguished from substantive law (i.e., law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and duties). Procedural law …   Universalium

• Procedural law — or adjective law comprises the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil lawsuit, criminal or administrative proceedings. The rules are designed to ensure a fair and consistent application of due process (in the U.S.) or… …   Wikipedia

• procedural law — n: law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (as in a suit) and that is distinguished from law that creates, defines, or regulates rights the federal courts in diversity actions must… …   Law dictionary

• procedural law — UK US noun [U] LAW ► the part of the law that deals with legal processes such as rules for presenting information in court, rather than with rights, legal responsibilities, etc. → Compare SUBSTANTIVE LAW(Cf. ↑substantive law) …   Financial and business terms

• procedural law — That which prescribes method of enforcing rights or obtaining redress for their invasion, Long v. Storms, 52 Or.App. 685, 629 P.2d 827, 828; machinery for carrying on procedural aspects of civil or criminal action; e.g. Rules of Civil, Criminal,… …   Black's law dictionary

• procedural law — noun The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings. Ant: substantive law …   Wiktionary

• procedural law — The law which governs the manner in which rights are enforced and wrongs rectified. Hardie v Bryson (DC Mo) 44 F Supp 67. The law which prescribes the procedure to be followed in a case …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• procedural law — процессуальное право, право, которым регулируется процедура рассмотрения спора в государственном суде или арбитраже. Так как стороны договора вправе избрать место, в котором будет проводиться арбитражное разбирательство (seat of arbitration), они …   Glossary of international commercial arbitration

• procedural — pro·ce·dur·al /prə sē jə rəl/ adj: of or relating to procedure sentence reversed as result of procedural error in sentencing National Law Journal compare substantive pro·ce·dur·al·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

• Law — /law/, n. 1. Andrew Bonar /bon euhr/, 1858 1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922 23. 2. John, 1671 1729, Scottish financier. 3. William, 1686 1761, English clergyman and devotional writer. * * * I Discipline and profession… …   Universalium

• Law of the People's Republic of China — is the legal regime of the People s Republic of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Between 1954 and 1978, there was not very much effort within the People s Republic of China to create a …   Wikipedia