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Adjective law

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Adjective Law definition:
Procedural law.
Odgers called it:
"... the procedure by which rights are enforced and wrongs redressed." ...

 


Adjective law - Also, procedural law. That body of law which governs the process of protecting the rights under substantive law.
Adjudication - Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.

Adjective law
Definition - Noun
: the portion of the law that deals with the rules of procedure governing evidence, pleading, and practice
compare substantive law
Pronunciation'a-jik-tiv- ...

Each state has also its own system of adjective law. The trial courts of the United States of original jurisdiction follow in general the practice of the state in which they sit as to procedure in cases of common-law character.

See also: Action, Lawyer, Procedure, Evidence, Right