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Corporeal Property

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Property which may be perceived by the senses, as land.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is property in possession. It differs from incorporeal property, which consists of choses in action and easements, as a right of way, and the like.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Such as affects the senses, and may be seen and handled by the body, as opposed to incorporeal property, which cannot be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation. Thus a house is corporeal, but the annual rent payable for its occupation is incorporeal. Corporeal property is, if movable, capable of manual transfer; if immovable, possession of it may be delivered up. But incorporeal property cannot be so transferred, but some other means must be adopted for its transfer, of which the most usual is an instrument in writing. Mozley & Whitley.

Defined under Corporeal in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Such as affects the senses, and may be seen and handled by the body, as opposed to incorpone. real property, whieh cannot be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation. Thus a house ia corporeal, but the annual rent payable for its occeupation is incorporeal. Corporeal property is, if movable, capable of property cannot be so transferred, but some other means must be adopted for its transfer, of which the most usual is an instrument in writing. Mozley & Wiitley.