Substantive
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Dependent upon itself
State v. Ricker, 29 Me. 89.
The positive law of duties and rights is commonly called Substantive Law; procedure, considered in its relation to substantive law, is called Adjective Law. Pollock, First Book of Jurispr.
79.
The distinction between Substantive Law & Practice is modern; id.
250.