substantive law
noun
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.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher, jurist, and reformer.
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