law of substance

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• substance — sub·stance n 1: substantive law was a question of substance and not process compare procedure 2: something (as language) essential esp. to establishing a valid right, claim, or charge a t …   Law dictionary

• substance abuse — n. Using drugs or alcohol to the point that they detrimentally affect the life of the user and those around him or her. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• substance of a charge — index complaint Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• substance — sub•stance [[t]ˈsʌb stəns[/t]] n. 1) that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance[/ex] 2) chem. a kind of matter of definite chemical composition: a metallic substance[/ex] 3) the actual matter of a thing, as… …   From formal English to slang

• Substance abuse — Classification and external resources Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction tr …   Wikipedia

• Substance — • A genus supremum, cannot strictly be defined by an analysis into genus and specific difference; yet a survey of the universe at large will enable us to form without difficulty an accurate idea of substance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Substance abuse prevention — Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on… …   Wikipedia

• law of thermodynamics — n 1) CONSERVATION OF ENERGY called also first law of thermodynamics 2) a law in physics: mechanical work can be derived from the heat in a body only when the body is able to communicate with another at a lower temperature or all actual… …   Medical dictionary

• controlled substance — controlled sub·stance n: a substance (as a drug) whose use and possession is regulated by law (as title 21, chapter 13 of the U.S. Code) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. controlled substance …   Law dictionary

• substance — n. drug 1) (AE) a controlled substance ( a drug regulated by law ) 2) (misc.) substance abuse meaningful quality 3) substance to (is there any substance to their claim?) 4) (misc.) a person of substance matter 5) a chemical; hard; oily; pure;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… …   Medical dictionary