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  • Substantial form — A theory of Substantial forms asserts there are things called Forms (or Ideas), and they are what organizes matter and makes it intelligible. Substantial forms are the source of order, unity, and identity of objects. Substantial forms are what is …   Wikipedia

  • substantial form — noun Etymology: Middle English forme substancial, translation of Medieval Latin forma substantialis, translation of Greek ousiōdes eidos : the form or nature that according to the scholastics gives to an individual substance its specific or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Form — • The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use • eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Form — (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. {Firm}.] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • substantial — substantial, substantive Substantial is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable and substantive with the stress on the first syllable or occasionally the second. Both words mean ‘having substance’, but substantial is the word in general …   Modern English usage

  • substantial justice — n: justice of a sufficient degree esp. to satisfy a standard of fairness; also: justice administered according to the substance and not necessarily the form of the law all pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice Federal Rules …   Law dictionary

  • FORM AND MATTER — (Heb. צוּרָה, ẓurah, and חֹמֶר, ḥomer), according to Aristotle, the two constituents of every physical substance, form being that which makes the substance what it is, and matter being the substratum underlying the form. In substantial change the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • substantial right — n: an important or essential right that merits enforcement or protection by the law: a right related to a matter of substance as distinguished from a matter of form Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Bad form — Form Form (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. {Firm}.] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Good form — Form Form (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. {Firm}.] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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