formula

fōrmula ae, f dim.

forma, a form, draft, contract, covenant, agreement, regulation : antiqua iuris, L.: milites ex formulā parati, L.— A rule, principle : formula constituenda est: certa disciplinae: haec formula reges tenet, H.—In law, a form, rule, method, prescription, formula (for judicial proceedings): pacti et conventi: in testamentorum formulis versari: antiquae: postulationum: sunt formulae de omnibus rebus constitutae: cognitionis, the rule of evidence , L.