- defect of substance
- See defect of form or substance.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
defect of substance
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defect of substance — An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. Sweeney v. Greenwood IndexJournal Co., D.C.S.C., 37 F.Supp. 484, 487 … Black's law dictionary
defect of substance — An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. Sweeney v. Greenwood IndexJournal Co., D.C.S.C., 37 F.Supp. 484, 487 … Black's law dictionary
defect — de·fect / dē ˌfekt, di fekt/ n: something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as a: a flaw in something (as a product) esp. that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use see also… … Law dictionary
defect of form — An imperfection in the style, manner, arrangement, or non essential parts of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., as distinguished from a defect of substance (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
defect of form — An imperfection in the style, manner, arrangement, or non essential parts of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., as distinguished from a defect of substance (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
defect — [dē′fekt΄; ] also, and for v. always [, dē fekt′, difekt′] n. [ME < L defectus < deficere, to undo, fail < de , from + facere, to DO1] 1. lack of something necessary for completeness; deficiency; shortcoming 2. an imperfection or… … English World dictionary
defect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blemish, fault, flaw, imperfection; deficiency, lack, incompleteness. v. i. desert, flee, abandon. See relinquishment, escape. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A lack of something needed] Syn. deficiency,… … English dictionary for students
defect of form or substance — If the right of the party pleading sufficiently appears to the court, although the pleading does not conform to the established method of procedure, the pleading is said to be defective in matter of form. But if the right does not sufficiently… … Ballentine's law dictionary
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syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
