Materia
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. In the civil law. Materials; as distinguished from species, or the form given by labor and skill.
Dig. 41, 1, 7, 7-12; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 14.
Materials (wood) for building, as distinguished from "lignum."
Dig. 32, 55, pr.
In English law
Matter; substance; subject-matter.
3 Bl. Comm. 322.