formālis

I. (Acc. to forma, I. B. 2.) Of or for a form or mould: temperatura aeris, 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.—

B. Transf. (qs. of the nature of a formulary), fixed, normal: aliquid formali pretio aestimare, Dig. 35, 2, 62, § 1.