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substantive law

substantive law noun: the statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.

Noun

substantive law (uncountable)

  1. The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.

substantive law meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

substantive law in Tamil

நிலைமுறைச் சட்டம்

substantive law in Kannada

ಮೂಲ ಕಾನೂನು

substantive law in Arabic

area of law
قَانُون مَوْضُوعِيّ qānūn mawḍūʕiyy

Antonyms of substantive law

Questions about substantive law

What does substantive law mean?
Substantive law means the statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
What is substantive law in Tamil?
Substantive law in Tamil is நிலைமுறைச் சட்டம். See Substantive law meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is substantive law?
Substantive law is a noun.

Words near substantive law in the dictionary

  1. substantive case
  2. substantive cases
  3. substantive due process
  4. substantive genitive
  5. substantive genitives
  6. substantive law
  7. substantive noun
  8. substantive nouns
  9. substantive verb
  10. substantive verbs
  11. substantived

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substantive law (page history and authors); substantive law (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substantive law (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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