Corporeal property

CORPOREAL PROPERTY, civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession. It differs from incorporeal property, (q.v.) which consists of choses in action and easements, as a right of way, and the like.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

Mentioned in

caveat emptor
Running with the Land
Tour d'echelle
Writ of trespass

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