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Tangible Property

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

That which may be felt or- touched. It must necessarily be corporeal, but it may be real or personal. TANISTRY (athanis).

In Irish law. A species of tenure founded on immemorial usage, by which lands, etc., descended seniori et dignissimo viri sanguinis et cognominis, i. e., to the oldest and worthiest man of the blood and name. Jacob. TANTEO (Spanish).

In Spanish law. Preemption. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 2, c. 3.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

That which may be felt or touched: it must necessarily be corporeal, but it may be real or personal. See Tax; Situs; Movables. TANISTRY (o thanis). In Irish Law. A species of tenure founded on immemorial usage, by which lands, etc., descended, seniori et dignissimo viro sanguinis et cognominis, i. e. to the oldest and worthiest man of the blood and name. Jacob, Law Diet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Property which may be touched; such as ls perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used In opposition to such species of property as patents, franchises, copyrights, rents, ways, and Incorporeal property generally.