Defect of substance
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth.
State v. Startup, 39 N. J. Law, 482; Flexner v. Dickerson. 65 Ala. 132.