Essence; the material or essential part of a tiling, as distinguished from “form.” See State v. Bnrgdoerfer, 107 Mo. 1, 17 S. W. 646, 14 L. R. A. 846; Hugov. Miller, 50 Minn. 105, 52 N. W. 381: Pierson v. Insurance Co., 7 IIoust. (Del.) 307, 31 Atl. 966
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)