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Procedural Law

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

procedural law


: law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (as in a suit) and that is distinguished from law that creates, defines, or regulates rights [the federal courts in diversity actions must apply state substantive law and federal procedural law "Miller v. American Dredging Corp., 595 So. 2d 615 (1992)"]
;also
: a particular law of this nature compare substantive law




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