physical control
Manual command authority
Physical control is authority over a person's bodily movements or presence, especially in legal contexts involving custody or detention.
A parent has physical control of a child during visitation.
Police establish physical control when they restrain a suspect.
The term also applies to direct manual operation of machinery or vehicles: The pilot maintained physical control throughout the landing.
- holdMaintain in grasp
- iron gripExtremely tight grasp
- firm handStrict, controlling guidance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- core stabilityMidsection muscular support capacity
agility · proprioception · coordination · press · dexterity · muscle memory · restrain · mechanical advantage · fine motor skills · push · body mechanics · grasp · tight squeeze · pull · torque · joint lock · lever · steady
- Police Forcedeadly force, excessive force, lethal force, reasonable force, less lethal
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator
physical controlverbal persuasion
Convincing through speech
psychological manipulation · emotional manipulation · suggestion · social pressure · moral suasion
physical controlbodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
free movement · liberation · independence · self-determination · release
physical controlemotional control
Managing inner reactions
financial control · self-control · social control · mind control