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In the conventional classification of legal rules, the law of evidence is primarily which kind of law?

Adjective law is procedural. Evidence law is ordinarily classified that way because it regulates relevance, admissibility and proof in proceedings. Substantive law chiefly…

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In the conventional classification of legal rules, the law of evidence is primarily which kind of law?

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Adjective law is procedural. Evidence law is ordinarily classified that way because it regulates relevance, admissibility and proof in proceedings.

Substantive law chiefly defines the rights, duties and liabilities that proceedings determine.

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Option A

Substantive law chiefly defines rights, duties and liabilities. Evidence law chiefly governs proof.

Option B

Adjective law supplies procedural rules for establishing facts in legal proceedings.

Option C

Individual evidentiary rules can affect outcomes, but that does not change the conventional primary classification.

Option D

The law of evidence is conventionally classified as adjective law.

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