a word signifying any thing that is performed by the hand.

(manualis), in Law, signifies what is employed or used by the hand, and of which a present profit may be made. Thus, a thing in the manual occupation of any one, means that it is actually used or employed by him.

MANUAL is the name of a service-book used in the church of Rome, containing the rites, directions to the priests, and prayers used in the administration of baptism and other sacraments, the form of blessing holy water, and the whole service used in processions.