actual physical control. Direct bodily power over something, esp. a vehicle. • Many jurisdictions require a showing of “actual physical control” of a vehicle by a person charged with driving while intoxicated. [Cases: Automobiles 332. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1382–1394.]
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actual physical control 实际控制 根据法律规定，任何受酒精影响的人实际控制机动车辆，则被视为非法，应受处罚。在此意义上，实际控制是指任何人受酒精影响时还亲自控制机动车辆并对其施加影响、支配或管理。
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Physical occupancy or control over property. Cf. constructive possession. [Cases: Property 10. C.J.S. Property §§ 27–31, 33.]
brevi manu (bree-vIman-yoo), adv. [Latin “with a short hand”] Roman & civil law. 1. Directly; by the shortest route. 2. Without a legal warrant; on one’s own authority. • In Roman law, the term referred to the contractual transfer (traditio) of ownership of an item to one who already had physical control of the item.
taking, n. 1. Criminal & tort law. The act of seizing an article, with or without removing it, but with an implicit transfer of possession or control. constructive taking. An act that does not equal an actual appropriation of an article but that does show an intention to convert it, as when a person entrusted
occupancy. 1. The act, state, or condition of holding, possessing, or residing in or on something; actual possession, residence, or tenancy, esp. of a dwelling or land. • In this sense, the term denotes whatever acts are done on the land to manifest a claim of exclusive control and to indicate to the public that