Substance
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Essence; the material or essential part of a thing, as distinguished from "form."
See Sinte v. Burgdoerfer, 107 Mo. 1, 17 S. W. 646, 14 In R. A. 846 ; Hugo v. Miller, 50 Minn. 105, 52 N. W. 381; Pierson v. Insurance Ch, 7 Houst (Del.) 307, 31 Atl. 966.