MODO ET FORMA
\mˈə͡ʊdə͡ʊ ˈɛt fˈɔːmə], \mˈəʊdəʊ ˈɛt fˈɔːmə], \m_ˈəʊ_d_əʊ ˈɛ_t f_ˈɔː_m_ə]\
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Lat. In manner and form. Words used in the old Latin forms of pleadings by way of traverse, and literally translated in the modern precedents, Importing that the party traversing denies the allegation of the other party, not only in its general effect, but in the exact manner and form in which It is made. Steph. PI. 189, 190.
By Henry Campbell Black
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