Legal Term Dictionary

To forswear; to abjure; to abandon. -Forisjurare parentilam. To remove oneself from parental authority. The person who did this lost his rights as heir. Du Cange.- Provindam forisjurare. To forswear the country. Spelman.

To forswear; to abjure; to abandon. -Forisjurare parentilam. To remove oneself from parental authority. The person who did this lost his rights as heir. Du Cange.- Provindam forisjurare. To forswear the country. Spelman. Less...

See FOREJUDGE.

See FOREJUDGE. Less...

L. Fr. In old English law. to forswear; to abjure. -Forjuror royalme. To abjure the realm. Britt cc. 1, 16.

L. Fr. In old English law. to forswear; to abjure. -Forjuror royalme. To abjure the realm. Britt cc. 1, 16. Less...

Land In the diocese of Hereford, which had a peculiar custom attached to it but which has been long since disused, although the name Is retained. But Surv. 56.

Land In the diocese of Hereford, which had a peculiar custom attached to it but which has been long since disused, although the name Is retained. But Surv. 56. Less...

1. A model or skeleton of an instrument to "be used in a judicial proceeding, containing the principal necessary matters, the proper technical terms or phrases, and whatever else is necessary to make it formally correct, arranged in proper and methodical order, and capable of being adapted to the circumstances More...

1. A model or skeleton of an instrument to "be used in a judicial proceeding, containing the principal necessary matters, the proper technical terms or phrases, and whatever else is necessary to make it formally correct, arranged in proper and methodical order, and capable of being adapted to the circumstances of the specific case. 2. As distinguished from "substance." "form" means the legal or technical manner or order to be observed in legal instruments or juridical proceedings, or in the construction of legal documents or processes. The distinction between "form" and "substance" is often important in reference to the validity or amendment of pleadines. If the matter of the plea is bad or insufficient, irrespective of the manner of setting it forth, the defect Is one of substance. If the matter of the plea is good and sufficient, but is inartificially or defectively pleaded, the defect is one of form. Pierson v. Insurance Co., 7 Houst (Del.) 307, 31 Atl. 966. -Common form, Solemn form. See PROBATE.-Form of the statute. The words, language, or frame of a statute, and hence the inhibition or command which it may contain; used in the phrase (in criminal pleading) "against the form of the statute in that case made and provided."-Forms of notion. The general designation of the various species or kinds of personal actions known to the common law, such as trover, trespass debt, assumpsit. etc. These differ in their pleadings and evidence, as well as in the circumstances to which they are respectively applicable. Truax v. Par-vis, 7 Houst (Del.) 330, 32 Atl. 227.-Matter of form. In pleadings, indictments, conveyances, etc., matter of form (as distinguished from matter of substance) is all that relates to the mode, form, or style of expressing the facts involved, the choice or arrangement of words, and other such particulars, without affecting the substantial validity or sufficiency of the instrument or without going to the merits. Railway Co. v. Kurtz, 10 Ind. App. 60. 37 N. R. 303; Meath v. Mississippi Levee Com're, 109 TJ. S. 268, 3 Sup. Ct. 284, 27 L. Ed. 930; State v. Amidon, 58 Vt 524, 2 Atl. 154. Less...

Lat. Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings. -Forma et figure judlcii. The form and shape of Judgment or judicial action. 3 Bl. Comm. 271.-Forma pauperis. See IN FORMA PAUPERIS. Forma dat esse. Form gives being. Called "the old physical maxim." Lord Henley, Ch., 2 Eden, 99. Forma legal is More...

Lat. Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings. -Forma et figure judlcii. The form and shape of Judgment or judicial action. 3 Bl. Comm. 271.-Forma pauperis. See IN FORMA PAUPERIS. Forma dat esse. Form gives being. Called "the old physical maxim." Lord Henley, Ch., 2 Eden, 99. Forma legal is forma ossontialis. Legal form is essential form. 10 Coke, 100. Forma non observsta, infertur adnnl latio aotus. Where form is not observed, a nullity of the act is inferred. 12 Coke, 7. Where the law prescribes a form, the non-observance of it is fatal to the proceeding, and the whole becomes a nullity. Beat, Ev. Introd. | 59. Less...

Relating to matters of form; as, "formal defects;" inserted, added, ot joined pro forma. See PARTIES.

Relating to matters of form; as, "formal defects;" inserted, added, ot joined pro forma. See PARTIES. Less...

In England, robes worn by the magistrates of a city or corporation, etc., on solemn occasions. Enc. Lond.

In England, robes worn by the magistrates of a city or corporation, etc., on solemn occasions. Enc. Lond. Less...

The conditions, in regard to method, order, arrangement use ot technical expressions, performance of specific acts, etc., which are required by the law in the making of contracts or conveyances, or in the taking of legal proceedings, to insure their validity and regularity. Succession of Seymour, 48 La. Ann. 993, More...

The conditions, in regard to method, order, arrangement use ot technical expressions, performance of specific acts, etc., which are required by the law in the making of contracts or conveyances, or in the taking of legal proceedings, to insure their validity and regularity. Succession of Seymour, 48 La. Ann. 993, 20 South. 217. Less...

In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman.

In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman. Less...