"As a matter of form" nghĩa là gì?

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"(Do something) as a matter of form" nghĩa là vấn đề về hình thức, thể thức, quy chuẩn, thủ tục...

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It is one general rule that matter of form may be amended (sửa đổi), and another that matter of substance (căn bản) cannot be ; yet there are some few exceptions to both these rules.

He might not be obliged to make it, unless the precept (quy tắc) was directed to him, but he may do the act without such direction, which, being a mere matter of form, cannot be necessary to give it validity.

With gold, we explicitly confront the problem of matter as matter, and yet it once again slips through our conceptual grasp (hiểu biết khái niệm). Gold, as matter, is always already a matter of form— what Marx called the "money form."

“Do you want me to go back and find that damned form?” asked Simon seriously.
“Of course not, silly! Let's get in our car and drive to Niagara!”
“So it won't be a matter of form after all?”

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