Legal Definition and Related Resources of Against the form of the statute
Meaning of Against the form of the statute
Technical words which must be used in framing an indictment for a breach of the statute prohibiting the act complained of. The Latin phrase is contra formam statuti.
What does Against the form of the statute mean in American Law?
The definition of Against the form of the statute in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A technical phrase found in criminal indictments, alleging contravention of the statute making the action criminal. One would hope, and today perhaps expect, that substituting something like “against the statute” or “violating the statute” would not render the indictment insufficient, but in criminal-law pleading one never knows.
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