[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

literal \lit"eral\ li^t"~eral, a. f. lit'eral,
   litt'eral, l. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a
   letter. see letter.
   1. according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not
      figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a
      phrase.
      1913 webster

            it hath but one simple literal sense whose light the
            owls can not abide.                   --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   2. following the letter or exact words; not free.
      1913 webster

            a middle course between the rigor of literal
            translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   3. consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
      1913 webster

            the literal notation of numbers was known to
            europeans before the ciphers.         --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative;
      matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.
      1913 webster

   literal contract law, a contract of which the whole
      evidence is given in writing. --bouvier.

   literal equation math., an equation in which known
      quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means
      of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.
      1913 webster
see also:
letter literal contract literal equation numerical equation 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

literal contract, civil law. a contract, the whole of the evidence of which 
is reduced to writing. this contract is perfected by the writing, and binds 
the party who subscribed it, although he has received no consideration. leg. 
elem. sec. 887. 

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