Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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formalities.
1. Small points of practice that, though seemingly unimportant, must be observed to achieve a particular legal result. 2. Hist. Robes worn by magistrates on solemn occasions. formal law. Procedural law. "Procedure is by many German writers inappropriately called 'formal law."' Thomas E. Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence 358 n.2 (13th ed. 1924).