I. (Acc. to forma, I. B. 2.) Of or for a form or mould: “temperatura aeris,” proper for making moulds, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 98.—
II. (Acc. to I. B. 4.)
A. Having a set form, of the nature of a rescript, circular, formal: “cum procuratorum suorum nomine formalem dictaret epistolam, sic coepit, etc.,” Suet. Dom. 13: “formalia verba,” Cod. Just. 6, 23, 26: “observatio (in testamentis faciendis),” id. ib.—