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How is the law of evidence ordinarily classified by its principal function?

The law of evidence is ordinarily classified as adjective law. Its principal function is to govern the relevance, admissibility and proof of facts in legal proceedings.

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How is the law of evidence ordinarily classified by its principal function?

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The law of evidence is ordinarily classified as adjective law. Its principal function is to govern the relevance, admissibility and proof of facts in legal proceedings.

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Substantive rules create or define rights and liabilities. Evidence rules principally govern proof.

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Adjective law is the ordinary classification because rules of evidence govern how facts can be established.

Option C

The question asks for the principal classification. Rules with substantive effects do not change the ordinary classification of evidence law.

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The rules governing admissibility and proof fall within adjective law.

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