procedural law
procedural law 程序法 规定通过司法途径使权利或义务得到实现应遵循的步骤和手续的法律，区别于规定具体的权利或义务本身的实体法〔substantive law〕。也称作adjective law。
procedural law
procedural law
procedural law. The rules that prescribe the steps for having a right or duty judicially enforced, as opposed to the law that defines the specific rights or duties themselves. — Also termed adjective law. Cf. SUBSTANTIVE LAW. [Cases: Statutes 242, 267. C.J.S. Statutes § 421.]