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substantive right

a basic right of man, as life, liberty, etc., which exists independently from all man-made laws

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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