One scenario that could affect the choice of delivery method known as traditio longa manu is when the object being transferred is too large or heavy to physically hand over from one party to another. For example, if a person is gifting a car to another person, it would be impossible to physically hand over the car keys and the car. In this scenario, the parties could perform the traditio longa manu by the transferor pointing to the car keys and the transferee accepting them, thereby symbolically transferring the ownership of the car.
Another scenario could be if the object being transferred is in a remote location or is difficult to access. For instance, if a person is gifting a piece of land in a rural area, it may not be possible to...