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Performed by the hand; used or employed by the hand; held in the hand. Thus, a distress cannot be made of tools in the "manual occupation" of the debtor. Manual delivery. Delivery of personal property sold, donated, mortgaged, etc., by passing it into the "hand" of the purchaser or transferree, that is, by an actual and corporeal change of possession.Manual gift. The manual … [Read more...] about MANUAL

Physical labor or where a job requires physical work, such as construction. This is as opposed to professional work in an office. … [Read more...] about MANUAL LABOR

The daily distributions of meat and drink to the canons and other members of cathedral churches for their present subsistence. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MANUALIA BENEFICIA

Sworn obedience or submission upon oath. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MANUALIS OBEDIENTIA

In criminal law. The unlawful killing of another without malice, either express or implied; which may be either voluntarily, upon a sudden heat, or involuntarily, but in the commission of some unlawful act. 1 Hale, P. C. 466; 4 Bl. Comm. 191. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human creature without malice, either express or implied, and without any mixture of … [Read more...] about MANSLAUGHTER