re·me·di·al /ri-'mē-dē-əl/ adj
1 a: intended as or providing a remedy
b: concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease
remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior
a workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctor
a remedial statute correcting the previous law
2: of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right: procedural
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.