Corporal
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
1.
Relating to the body of a* person; bodily: as, corporal punishment, q. v.; corporal seizure or touching.
See Arrest, 2; Corpus. 3.
Affecting a thing externally; as, a corporal oath, — taken with the hand upon the Gospels.
See Oath. 3.
In person: as, a corporal appearance. Compare CORPORBAt.