Pour déterminer la moelle et la substance—pour employer les termes des avocats de droit constitutionnel—l'essence d'une loi, le facteur le plus important est, selon la jurisprudence, sans « objet ».
In determining the pith and substance as constitutional lawyers put it the essence of a law, the most important consideration, as the jurisprudence has put it, is the purpose of that law.