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Adjective law

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adjective law

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substantive law

that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of action that can be enforced by law compare adjective law, procedural law NOTE: There are restrictions on applying new substantive law (as statutory or case law) retroactively.

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Substantive law

is that part of the law which creates, defines and regulates rights in contrast to what is called adjective or remedial law which provides the method of enforcing rights, Execu. Engineer, DMI Div v. N.C. Budhiraja, AIR

Judicially separated

Judicially separated, According to Shorter Oxford Dictionary, the word judicial means 'of (used as an adjective of) or belonging to judgement in a court of law, or to Judge in relation to his function;

Excise

as in England those on carriages servants plate armorial bearings etc are included in the excise Often used adjectively as excise duties excise law excise system

Need and require

a thrust within demanding fulfilment. 'Need' or 'requirement' qualified by word 'bona fide' or 'genuine' preceding as an adjective - is an expression often used in Rent Control Laws, Shiv Sarop Gupta v. Mahesh Chand Gupta, AIR … word 'bona fide' or 'genuine' preceding as an adjective - is an expression often used in Rent Control Laws, Shiv Sarop Gupta v. Mahesh Chand Gupta, AIR 1999 SC 2507 (2512): (1999) 6 SCC 222.

brief

bref brief letter, writ indicating legal proceedings, from Late Latin brevis breve short document, summary, from Latin brevis, adjective, short] 1 : a concise statement of a client's case written for the instruction of an attorney usually … : a concise statement of a client's case written for the instruction of an attorney usually by a law clerk called also memorandum 2 : a formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main

Injunction

Injunction, Expression 'injunction' in s. 41(b) is not qualified by an adjective and, therefore, it would, comprehend both interim and perpetual injunc-tion, Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industries Ltd., … s. 79of the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1854, or the infringement of a patent, for which purposes a Common Law Court might grant them), and injunctions, called 'common injunction,' were frequently granted by that Court to stay a

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