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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'as a matter of form'

pro forma

 adjective, adverb
     
pro for‧ma formal
if something is approved, accepted etc pro forma, this is part of the usual way of doing things and does not involve any actual choice or decision:
pro forma approval
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