手て続つづき法ほう

noun

procedural law

Legal term referring to the body of law that governs the process of enforcing rights and obligations, as opposed to substantive law (実体法).

See also: 実体法

• 民みん事じ手て続つづき法ほうは、裁さい判ばんの進すすめ方かたを定さだめている。

  Civil procedural law prescribes how trials are conducted.

• 手て続つづき法ほうと実じっ体たい法ほうの違ちがいを説せつ明めいしてください。

  Please explain the difference between procedural law and substantive law.