Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
procedural lawFunction:
noun : 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
procedural law —Miller v. American Dredging Corporation, 595 So. Second 615 (1992)>; also : a particular law of this nature —compare SUBSTANTIVE LAW