common form

noun

1

Scholasticism : a form belonging to a species

2

: the form of probate of a will where the will is not contested and is proved by the executor's own oath

3

: one of the forms of pleading used in the common-law actions (as assumpsit, convenant, debt, detinue, replevin, trespass on the case, and trover) in which the allegations were fixed in their general nature

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