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Definition of Incorporeal
1. Adjective. Without material form or substance. "An incorporeal spirit"
Attributes: Corporality, Corporeality, Materiality, Physicalness
Also: Unbodied
Similar to: Bodiless, Discorporate, Disembodied, Unbodied, Unembodied, Spiritual
Derivative terms: Immateriality, Incorporeality
Antonyms: Corporeal
Definition of Incorporeal
1. a. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.
Definition of Incorporeal
1. Adjective. Having no material form or physical substance. ¹
2. Adjective. (legal) Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incorporeal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incorporeal
Literary usage of Incorporeal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"[20] OF incorporeal HEREDITAMENTS. § 22. Character of an incorporeal hereditament.—An
incorporeal hereditament is a right issuing out of a thing corporate ..."
2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"incorporeal Things. incorpo- The realm of medieval law is rich with incorporeal
things. »>gs- y permanent right which is of a transferable nature, ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"incorporeal, from corpus, л body, marks the quality of not belonging to the body,
or having any properties in common with it; UNBODIED denotes the state of ..."
4. Comparative Legal Philosophy Applied to Legal Institutions by Luigi Miraglia (1912)
"Are incorporeal Persons Fictional or Real? incorporeal or collective persons are
the subject of civil rights and public duties. Instituted, as they are, ..."
5. The Modern Law of Real Property: With an Introduction for the Student, and by Louis Arthur Goodeve (1885)
"incorporeal HEREDITAMENTS. REFERENCE was made in the Introduction to the division
of I. incorporeal hereditaments into Corporeal and incorporeal. ..."
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