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Incorporeal

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in⋅cor⋅po⋅re⋅al

[in-kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-]
–adjective
1. not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nonmaterial beings.
3. Law. without material existence but existing in contemplation of law, as a franchise.

Origin:
1525–35; < L incorpore(us) + -al 1 . See in- 3 , corporeal


in⋅cor⋅po⋅re⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅cor⋅po⋅re⋅al⋅ly, adverb


1. bodiless, spiritual, immaterial.
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in·cor·po·re·al   (ĭn'kôr-pôr'ē-əl, -pōr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking material form or substance. See Synonyms at immaterial.

  2. Law Of or relating to property or an asset that does not have value in material form, as a right or patent.


[Middle English incorporealle, from Latin incorporeus : in-, not; see in-1 + corporeus, consisting of a body; see corporeal.]
in'cor·po're·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n., in'cor·po're·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incorporeal 
1532, from L. incorporeus "without body," from in- "not" + corpus (gen. corporis) "body" (see corporal).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·cor·po·re·al
Pronunciation: "in-kor-'pOr-E-&l
Function: adjective
: not tangible : having no material body or form <incorporeal hereditaments> incorporeal right> —compare CORPOREAL
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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