ADJECTIVE LAW
\ˈad͡ʒɪktˌɪv lˈɔː], \ˈadʒɪktˌɪv lˈɔː], \ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_k_t_ˌɪ_v l_ˈɔː]\
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The aggregate of rules of procedure or practice. As opposed to that body of law which the courts are established to administer, (called “substantive law,â€) it means the rules according to which the substantive law is administered. That part of the law which provides a method for enforcing or maintaining rights, or obtaining redress for their invasion.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).