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contrectation|kɒntrɛkˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. contrectātiōn-em, n. of action f. contrectāre, -tractāre to touch, handle, f. con- intensive + tractāre to touch.]
Handling, touching, fingering.
[1549Chaloner Erasmus on Folly N j b, Never the more forbearyng from wyne, nor contrection of women. 1623Cockeram, Contrection, a handling, a touching.] 1624Gee Foot out of Snare 52 A possessed woman, in whose body they can canuas a diuell by contrectation, and certaine inchanting nips, making him ferret vp and downe. 1689Harvey Curing Dis. by Expect. xxii. 180 After a long contrectation of all the abdomen. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex., Contrectation, examination by the finger; manipulation, as in shampooing.
b. In Rom. Law. (See quots.)
1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 101 Theft is thus defined in our Law: A fraudulent contrectation of another mans corporall moueable goods, which is don against the will of the owner. 1880Muirhead tr. Gaius Dig. 613 Any contrectation with another man's property without his consent was theft.
†c. Handling; personal dealing with affairs; management. Obs.
1786–9Bentham Wks. II. 540 What is dominion? It is either the power of contrectation, or else that of imperation. |