Substance

i 1.

The sustaining element; the essential constituent; the real essence; the important part; the material thing. Opposed, form, q. v. See also Purport.

Substantial.

Not merely nominal, but considerable or fair in amount; as, substantial damages; opposed to formal or technical, as, a substantial right.^ Substantially. Really or essentially the sanae as: as, substantially naphtha. ^ Machines may differ somewhat in their structure, and yet be " substantially the same." If they are substantially alike in structure, and produce a similar effect, they are in principle the same. " Substantial " as here applied is not susceptible of specific definition.. A pleading may be substantially good, though technically informal; an instrument substantially described in a declaration or indictment may be given in evidence.* See Demurrer; Description, 3; Indictment; Same; Trade-mark.

3.

In the sense of property, see Effects.