Forma
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Form; formality; character. Occurs in the phrases in forma pauperis, and pro forma, qq. v. Formaliter. In form; formally.
FORMEDOM".
A writ which lay for a person who, being interested in an estatetail, was liable f o be defeated of his right by a discontinuance of the estate.
He claimed per formam doni
It was in the remainder, reverter, or descender.
Abolished by 3 and 4Wm. rv (1834), 0.37. » > St. Louis, &c. E. Co. V. Chenault, 36 Kan. 65 (1886); Losch V. Pickett, ib. 232 (1887); Kansas, &c.
E. Co. v. Bice, ib.
599 (1887): Civ. Code, 1 10. » New Orleans, &c. E. Co. v. Hurst, 36 Miss. 667 (1859); eulf, &c. E. Co. V. Levy, 59 Tex. 548 (1883). " United States v. Smith, 2 Mas. 160 (1820), Story, J.