Civil liberty

The liberty of a member ot society, being a man's natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws (and no further) as ls necessary and expedient for the general advantage of the public.

1 Bl. Comm. 125; 2 Steph. 487.

The power of doing whatever the laws permit 1 Bl. Comm. 6; Inst. 1, 3, L See People v. Berbenicli, 20 Barb. (N. Y.) 231; In re Ferrier, 103 111.

372, 43 Am. Rep. lO; Dennis v. Moses, 18 Wash 537, 52 Pac. 333, 40 In R. A. 302; Slate v. Kreutzberg, 114 Wis. 530, 90 N. W. 1098, 58 In R. A. 748, 91 Am. St Rep. 934; Hayes v. Mitchell, 69 Ala. 454; Bell v. Gaynor, 14 Misc. Rep. 334, 36 N. Y. Supp. 122.

The greatest amount of absolute liberty which can, in the nature of things, be equally possessed by every citizen in a state.

Bouvier.

Guarantied protection against interference with the interests and rights held dear and important by large classes of civilized men, or by all the members of a state, together with an effectual share in the making and administration of the laws, as the best apparatus to secure that protection.

Lieber, Civ. Lib. 24.