Assuming simple properties of the spectator particle in weak decays the form
factors of hadronic current matrix elements are shown to be related to a single
universal function. The Isgur-Wise result for heavy-to-heavy transitions
follows as well as similar relations for heavy-to-light decay processes. The
approximation should hold for total energies of the final particle large
compared to the confinement scale. A comparison with experimentally determined
D-decay form factors and QCD sum rule results for B-decays is very encouraging.Comment: 12 pages, Latex; Relativistic covariant form, results unchanged,
references added, to be published in Physics Lett.
