Formality
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The conditions, in regard to method, order, arrangement, use of 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.