MODO ET FORMA

modo et forma (moh-doh et for-m<<schwa>>). [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 of the pleading. — Also termed manner and form.

[Blacks Law 8th]