control

verb

To exercise restraining or directing influence over. To regulate; restrain; dominate; curb; to hold from action; overpower; counteract; govern

noun

Power or authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, administer, or oversee. The ability to exercise a restraining or directing influence over something. Martin v. State, 175 Ind.App. 503, 372 N.E.2d 1194, 1197.

The "control" involved in determining whether principal and agent relationship or master and servant relationship is involved must be accompanied by power or right to order or direct. MidContinent Petroleum Corporation v. Vicars, 221 Ind. 387, 47 N.E.2d 972.

As used in statute making it unlawful for any person to possess or "control" any narcotic drug, is given its ordinary meaning, namely, to exercise restraining or directing influence over, and also has been defined to relate to authority over what is not in one's physical possession. Speaks v. State, 3 Md.App. 371, 239 A.2d 600, 604.

Rule that driver must at all times have automobile under control, means having it under such control that it can be stopped before doing injury to any person in any situation that is reasonably likely to arise under the circumstances. Kindt v. Reading Co., 352 Pa. 419, 43 A.2d 145, 147.

See also exclusive control

- immediate control

- control group

- controlled company;