CORPOREAL

A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body. Opposed to Incorporeal and spiritual. Civ. Code La. 1900, art 460; Sullivan v. Richardson, 33 Fla. 1, 14 South. 692. There is a distinction between “corporeal” and “corporal.” The former term means “possessing a body,” that is, tangible, physical, material; the latter, means “relating to or affecting a body,” that is, bodily, external. Corporeal denotes the nature or physical existence of a body; corporal denotes its exterior or the coordination of