CONTRECTATION. The ability to be removed. In order to commit a larceny, the
property must have been removed. When, from its nature, it is incapable of
contrectation, as real estate, there can be no larceny. Bowy. Mod. Civ. Law,
268. See Larceny Furtum est contrectatio rei fraudulosa. Dig. 47, 2. See
Taking.