body
Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)
United States Code
35 U.S.C. § 287 — in this section
the term “body” shall mean a human body, organ or cadaver, or a nonhuman animal used in medical research or instruction directly relating to the treatment of humans.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A person. Used of a natural body, or of an artificial one created by law, as a corporation. The main part or frame of anything, as distinguished from its subordinate parts. 22 N. Y. 147; 5 Mason (U. S.) 300. A collection of individuals united for a common purpose. See 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 141.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A person. Used of a natural body, or of an artificial one created by law, as a corporation. A collection of laws; that is, the embodiment of the laws in one connected statement or collection, called a body of laws. In practice when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body; and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The physical person; the natural, as distinguished from an artificial, person; the trunk as distinguished from the head and limbs; a number of persons considered collectively; the physical part of a thing. A number of particulars taken together; a systematic collection, as of cases. Body corporate: a corporation. Body of a county, or a state: the county or the state considered in its territorial entirety. Body of an instrument: the substantial or essential portion of an instrument. Body politic: a state, or a municipal corporation; the sovereign power. Body snatching: the secret unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Compare Corpus. 1. 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.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850