substantive issue

  • 1substantive — sub·stan·tive / səb stən tiv/ adj 1: of or relating to a matter of substance as opposed to form or procedure a substantive issue the substantive instructions to the jury was dismissed on procedural and substantive grounds compare procedural …

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  • 2issue — I n. number of a journal 1) to bring out, publish an issue 2) a back; current issue 3) an issue comes out, is published question 4) to bring up, raise an issue 5) to address; face; straddle an issue 6) to settle an issue 7) a burning; collateral …

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  • 3issue — [ isy ] n. f. • XIIe; de issu 1 ♦ Vx Action de sortir. 2 ♦ Mod. Ouverture, passage offrant la possibilité de sortir. ⇒ dégagement, 1. porte, sortie. Chercher une issue. Une issue de secours. « Toutes les issues de ma chambre étaient fortement… …

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  • 4substantive evidence — see evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. substantive evidence …

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  • 5substantive arbitrability — USA The issue (determined by the court, or under certain circumstances, by the arbitrator) of whether a particular dispute is within the scope of the parties arbitration agreement or clause and therefore is subject to arbitration. See also… …

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  • 6issue — Synonyms and related words: accomplishment, accord, activity, administer, affair, afford, airing, allot, allow, announce, answer, appear, argue, arise, artifact, ascertainment, at issue, attend, award, back number, bail out, bandying, basis, be… …

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  • 7substantive evidence — That adduced for the purpose of proving a fact in issue, as opposed to evidence given for the purpose of discrediting a witness (i.e., showing that he is unworthy of belief), or of corroborating his testimony. See also substantial evidence rule …

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  • 8procedural law — Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). It is distinguished from substantive law (i.e., law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and duties). Procedural law …

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  • 9Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations — were made by some U.S. Government officials who claimed that a highly secretive relationship existed between former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the radical Islamist militant organization Al Qaeda from 1992 to 2003, specifically through a… …

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  • 10United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following… …

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