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Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

United States Code

19 U.S.C. § 1313 — in this section

In this paragraph, the terms “bill of materials” and “formula” mean records kept in the normal course of business that identify each component incorporated into a manufactured or produced article or that identify the quantity of each element, material, chemical, mixture, or other substance incorporated into a manufactured article.

31 U.S.C. § 6101 — in this chapter

“formula” means any prescribed method employing objective data or statistical estimates for making individual determinations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written in the form of either—

(A) a closed mathematical statement; or

(B) an iterative procedure or algorithm which can be written as a computer program;

and from which the results can be objectively replicated, within reasonable limits due to rounding error, through independent application of such statement, procedures, or algorithm, by different qualified individuals.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In eommon-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In Civil Law. An action. Calv. Lex.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A prescribed form of words.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In common-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin; Black.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In common-law practice, a set form of words used in Judicial proceedings. In the civll law, an action. Calvin.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. A form of words in judicial proceedings, generally written, always consisting of the same parts, and expressed in the same language, except where variation is necessary to accommodate it to a particular case.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In common-law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [dimin. of forma, a form.] In practice. A form of words used in judicial proceedings, generally written, always consisting of the same parts, and expressed in precisely the same language, except where variation is necessary to accommodate it to a particular case. The writs, pleadings and records of the common law system of practice furnish the best examples of written formulae.

In the civil law. An action. Calv. Lex.