訴訟法(そしょうほう)

そしょうほう
noun
procedural law; law of procedure
legallaw
1. procedural law; law of procedure
The body of law that sets out how lawsuits are conducted — the rules of court procedure — as opposed to substantive law, which defines rights and duties. Divided mainly into civil and criminal procedure.
民事(みんじ)訴訟法(そしょうほう)を学(まな)ぶ。
to study the code of civil procedure.
裁判(さいばん)の進(すす)め方(かた)は訴訟法(そしょうほう)で定(さだ)められている。
The way a trial proceeds is prescribed by procedural law.
権利(けんり)の内容(ないよう)を定(さだ)める実体法(じったいほう)に対(たい)し、訴訟法(そしょうほう)はその権利(けんり)を実現(じつげん)する手続(てつづ)きを定(さだ)める。
In contrast to substantive law, which defines the content of rights, procedural law prescribes the procedures for realizing those rights.

Composed of 訴訟(そしょう) (litigation, lawsuit) + 法(ほう) (law). A collective term for the laws governing court procedure.

Common collocations

  • 民事(みんじ)訴訟法(そしょうほう): the Code of Civil Procedure
  • 刑事(けいじ)訴訟法(そしょうほう): the Code of Criminal Procedure
  • 訴訟法(そしょうほう)上(じょう)の手続(てつづ)き: procedures under procedural law

Similar words

  • 実体法(じったいほう): substantive law — defines rights and duties themselves, the counterpart to procedural law
  • 訴訟(そしょう): a lawsuit; litigation — the proceeding that procedural law governs
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Added 2026.7.24 21:17 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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