What is the meaning of FORMAL. Phrases containing FORMAL
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A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2.
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n.
The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.
v. t.
The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
v. i.
To affect formality.
n.
Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
n.
A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.
pl.
of Formality
n.
That which is formal; the formal part.
n.
The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
prep.
To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.
a.
Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
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Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
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Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
n.
The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.
v. t.
To render formal.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Formalize
a.
Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
adv.
In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
imp. & p. p.
of Formalize
v. t.
To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
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