Corporal Touch
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Actual, bodily contact with the hand. It was once held that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch; but the contrary is now settled. These words were used merely as a figurative expression. 3 Term 464; 5 East 184.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Bodily touch; actual physical contact; manual apprehension.
Defined under Corporal in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Bodily touch; actual physical contact; manual apprehension.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, 80 as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporaltouch. 3 T. R.466; 5 East, 184. But thecontrary isnow settled. These words were used merely asa figurative expression. 3T. R. 464; 5 East, 184.