Happiness
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The constitutional right of men to pursue their “happiness” means the right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with the equal rights of others, which may increase their prosperity, or develop their faculties, so as to give to them their highest enjoyment.
111 U.S. 757, 4 Sup, Ct. Rep. 652; 1 Bl. Comm. 41.