Disputes - sometimes the informal and formal stages of dispute resolution are specified.

In the case where a Bill has been before a committee of the whole House, it is a purely formal stage.

Moreover, the hall has no formal stage and no rehearsal area.

We had passed into a cordial, if formal stage.

The most noticeable characteristics of a group in the formal stage are:

So the formal stage is an essential step in the learning process.

The secret of success is, therefore, to get a group into the formal stage as fast as possible.

The formal "stage" of a cancer does not change over time, even if the cancer progresses.

The two formal stages of premovement are planning and initiation.

It was like a parody of a formal stage.