Body
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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The physical person. The natural body or such as is formed by the laws of God, as distinguished from an artificial body or such as is devised by human laws. In an indictment for murder, the trunk, in distinction from the head and limbs.
See Arrest, 3; Mayhem; Security, Personal.
Heir or issue of the body.
See Heir.