Happiness
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.
Butchers' Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., Ill U. S. 757, 4 Sup. Ct. 652, 28 L. Ed. 585; 1 Bl. Comm. 41. And see English v. English, 32 N. J. Eq. 750.