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substantive right
noun
Definition of SUBSTANTIVE RIGHT
: a right (as of life, liberty, property, or reputation) held to exist for its own sake and to constitute part of the normal legal order of society
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First Known Use of SUBSTANTIVE RIGHT
1939
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