Adjective Law

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

That which regulates procedure; so called from its function to aid the substantive. Holland, Jur. 78. The law of pleading, practice, evidence, remedies and procedure, designed merely to secure and enforce in an orderly manner the substantive law. 253 111. 171.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Law regulating procedure.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Rules of procedure or administration as distinguished from rules of substantive law. See Holland, Jurispr. 76. See Substantive Law.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The aggregate of rules of procedure or practice. As opposed to that body of law which the courts are established to administer, (called "substantive law,") it means the rules according to which the substantive law is administered. That part of the law which provides a method for ehforcing or maintaining rights or obtaining redress for their invasion.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The law of remedies.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The part of law establishing remedies.