CORPORAL

Relating to the• body; bod· lly. Should be distinguished from corporeal, (q. v.) -Corporal imbecility. Physical inability te perform completely the act of sexual intercourse; not nece arily congenital, and not in• variably a permanent and in eur able impotence. Griffeth v. Griffeth 162 Ill. 368, 44 N. E. 820; Ferris v. Ferris, 8 bc;nn. 168.-Corporal 011th. An oath, the external solemnity of which consists in laying one's hand upon the Gospel11 while the oath Is administered to him. More generally, a solemn oath. The terms "corporal oath" and "solemn oath" are, in Indiana, at least, used synonymously; and an oath taken with the uplifted hand may be properly describ• ed by either term. Jackson v. State, 1 Ind. 185; State v. Norris, 9 N. H. 102; Com. v. Jarboe, 89 Ky. 143, 12 S. W. 138.-Corporal punishment. Physical punishment as dist in• gnished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the ltody, such as whi1wing or.the pillory; the term may or may not mclude imprisonment, according to the context. Ritchey v. People, 22 Oolo., 251, 43 Pac. 1026; People v. Winchell, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 525, note.-Corporal touch. Bodily touch; actual physical contact; manual apprehension. [s. 278]