Symbol
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SYMBOL. A sign; a token; a representation of one thing by another.
2. A symbolical delivery is equivalent, in many cases, in its legal
effects, to actual delivery; as, for example, the delivery of the keys of a
warehouse in which goods are deposited, is a delivery sufficient to transfer
the property. 1 Atk. 171; 5 John. 335; 2 T. R. 462; 7 T. R. 71; 2 Campb.
243; 1 East, R. 194; 3 Caines, 182; 1 Esp. 598; 3 B. & C. 423.