formālis, e, adj. [forma] (post-Aug.).
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.—
B Transf. (qs. of the nature of a formulary), fixed , normal : aliquid formali pretio aestimare, Dig. 35, 2, 62, § 1.