Sentences with phrase «elevate form over substance»

We are unwilling to fortify the armory of those who attack the law as famous for its ability to elevate form over substance.
Many of these assertions appear to elevate form over substance.
But to highlight the centennial would be an exercise in elevating form over substance compared to the real celebration: the first traditional shelter that serves as an animal control agency that takes in every stray animal and has not killed a single healthy animal, feral cat, or sick or injured treatable animal since June 11, 2001.
Mr. Heffernan, who co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of the Real Estate Bar Association and the Abstract Club with Danielle Andrews Long, states that he was happy that the First Circuit certified the issue to the SJC, considering the «fairly harsh» Bankruptcy Court decisions on technically defective acknowledgements, which he calls «elevating form over substance

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The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has said you can't go beyond it out of a desire to elevate substance over form.
«Market participants, including lawyers, trading venues and financial services firms, should be aware that we are disturbed by many examples of form being elevated over substance, with form - based arguments depriving investors of mandatory protections.
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