modo et forma (moh-doh et for-rna). [Latin] In manner
and form. - In common-law pleading, this phrase
began the conclusion of a traverse. Its object was to
put the burden on the party whose pleading was being
traversed not only to prove the allegations of fact but
also to establish as correct the manner and form ofthe
pleading. -
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