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DEFECT OF SUBSTANCE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. State v. Startup, 39 N. J. Law, 432; Flexner v. Dickerson, Go Ala. 132.

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