Forma Dat Esse
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Form gives being. Lord Henley, C, 2 Eden, 99. FORMA LEGALIS FORMA ESSENTIALis. Legal form is essential form. 10 Coke, 100, 9 C. B. 493; 2 Hopk. 319.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Form gives being.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Form gives being. Called "the old physical maxim." Lord Henley, Ch., 2 Eden, 99.