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, andwhatever else is necessary to make it

Lat Form; the prescribed form of judicial proceedings.

Relating to matters of form; as, “formal defects;” inserted, added, orJoined pro forma. See PARTIES.

The conditions, in regard to method, order, arrangement use oftechnical expressions, performance of specific acts, etc., which are required by the lawIn the making of contracts or conveyances, or in the taking

In canon law. Canonical letters. Spelman.

An action for which a set form of words is prescribed, which mustbe strictly adhered to. 10 Mod. 140, 141.

In criminal law, and particularly with reference to homicide, thisterm means a deliberate and fixed intention to kill, whether directed against a particularperson or not. Mitchell v. State, 60 Ala. 33: Wilson

An ancient writ iu English law which was available for one who had aright to lands or tenements by virtue of a gift in tail. It was in the nature of a

A certain weight of above 70 lbs., mentioned in 51 Hen. III. Cowell.

An adjudication or recovery in a former action. See RES JUDICATA.

Lat Fear of danger. 1 Kent Comm. 23.

In common-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin.

Collections of formula, or forms of forensic proceedings andinstruments used among the Franks, and other early continental nations of Europe.Among these the formulary of Marculphus may be mentioned as of considerable interest.Butl.

The fee taken by a lord of his tenant who was bound to bake in thelord’s common oven, (in furno domini,) or for a commission to use his own.

Unlawful sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons.Further, if one of the persons be married and the other not, it is fornication on the partof the latter, though adultery for the former. In

Lat A brothel; fornication.

In Spanish law. An oven. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 18.

In Spanish law. The place where tribunals hear and determine causes,

An exception; reservation; excepted; reserved. Anciently, a term offrequent use In leases and conveyances. Cowell; Blount.In another sense, the word la taken for any exaction.

A strip of land lying next to the highway.