| 单词 | substantive law |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubstantive law substantive law n. the branch of law that prescribes the rights, duties, and obligations of persons to one another, rather than the procedures by which these laws are enforced. Cf. procedure n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > specific setc1200 positivec1385 naturalc1390 directive1610 distributive1651 directory1692 substantive lawa1832 naturel1856 natural law1934 a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Internat. Law in Wks. (1843) II. 539 The laws of peace would..be the substantive laws of the international code: the laws of war would be the adjective laws of the same code. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 89 The substantive law remained; but it remained unaccompanied by any formidable sanction or by any efficient system of procedure. 1956 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 5 9 The fiction that an estate tail cannot be barred completely without the consent of the protector of the settlement became a substantive law rule. 2009 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 76 373 A scholar interested in litigation-risk management, rather than substantive law. < as lemmas |
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