Substantive
21substantive — adj. Substantive is used with these nouns: ↑argument, ↑disagreement …
22substantive — word or group of words that performs the function of a noun. In Swimming is good for you, Swimming is a substantive as well as a gerund …
23substantive — adj. & n. adj. also 1 having separate and independent existence. 2 Law relating to rights and duties. 3 (of an enactment, motion, resolution, etc.) made in due form as such; not amended. 4 Gram. expressing existence. 5 (of a dye) not needing a… …
24Substantive law — is the statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it. Substantive law defines the legal relationship of people with other people or between them and the state. Substantive law stands in contrast to… …
25substantive law — n: law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of action that can be enforced by law compare adjective law, procedural law ◇ There are restrictions on applying new substantive law (as statutory or case law) retroactively.… …
26Substantive color — Substantive Sub stan*tive, a. [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.] 1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be. [1913 Webster] 2. Depending on itself; independent. [1913 Webster] He considered how… …
27substantive due process — n: due process (2) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. substantive due process …
28Substantive democracy — is a form of democracy according to which the outcome of the decisions is real democracy. In other words, substantive democracy is a form of democracy that functions in the interest of the governed. It is important to note that even in societies… …
29substantive crime — n: a crime that does not have as an element the performance of some other crime: a crime that is not dependent on another indicted and convicted of conspiracy to attempt to enter the bank and the substantive crime of attempting to enter the bank… …
30Substantive rights — Substantive rights, are basic human rights possessed by people in an ordered society and includes rights granted by natural law as well as the substantive law. Substantive rights involve a right to the substance of being human (life, liberty,… …
