Corporeal possession is some form of continuing relation between a person and a material object. It is a relation of fact and not of right. It is only a title of right and is not itself a right. Incorporeal possession is the continuing exercise of a claim to anything else than the material object.

Ownership Types: Incorporeal and Corporeal: The possession of a material object is known as corporeal ownership, and the ownership of a right is known as incorporeal ownership. Corporeal ownership is the possession of a home, a table, or a machine. Copyright, patent, and trademark ownership are examples of incorporeal ownership.

Corporeal possession → on material things like house, building. Incorporeal possession → on immaterial or intangible things. For Example, Possession of copyright, trademark.

Corporeal possession is the possession of the objects which are tangible in nature like buildings, land. Incorporeal possession: Incorporeal possession is the possession of the objects which are intangible in nature like copyrights.

In the case of corporeal possession, the corpus consists firstly in confirming exclusion of other’s interference and secondly in the enjoyment of the thing at will without external interference. Incorporeal possession, on the other hand, means possession of immaterial or intangible things which we cannot touch, see or perceive.