Substantive and Procedural law Read about the substantive and Procedural law, translate the Czech expressions and then match the words with their correct definitons. Substantive law 1._________ (definuje) how the facts in the case 2._________ (bude zacházeno), as well as how the crime is to be charged. In essence, it 3._________ (zabývá se) with the "substance" of the matter. It is the part of the law that 4._________ (vytváří), 5._________ (definuje), and 6._________ (reguluje) rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property; the essential substance of rights under law. For example, criminal law defines certain behavior as illegal and 7._________ (vyjmenovává) the elements the government must prove to 8._________ (usvědčit) a person of a crime. Procedural law 9._________ (zajišťuje) the "process" that the case will go through (whether it goes to trial or not). The procedural law 10._________ (určuje) how a proceeding concerning the enforcement of substantive law will occur. Procedural law 11._________ (předepisuje) the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). Procedural law is a set of established forms for conducting a trial and regulating the events that 12._________ (předcházejí) and 13._________ (následují) it. It 14._________ (předepisuje) rules relative to jurisdiction, law of pleading, jury selection, law of evidence, appeal, execution of judgments, representation of counsel, costs, and conveyancing, among other matters. Pleadings a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy Trial the subject that deals with how matters are proved in court Lawsuit the legal process of enforcing a judgment (in order to collect money or property) Real property the consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding The law of evidence the transfer of property from one person to another Execution of judgments property consisting of houses and land Conveyance an event in which parties to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, in order to achieve a resolution to their dispute www.answers.com www.criminal-law.freeadvice.com/ criminal-law/procedural_substantive.htm http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosecution