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Personal liberty

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The right or power of locomotion ; of changing situation, or moving one's person to whatsoever place one's own inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint, unless by due course of law.

1 Bl. Comm. 134. Civil Rights Cases, 109 U. S. 8, 3 Sup. Ct. 42, 27 Ij. Ed. 835; Pinkerton v. Verberg, 78 M3ch. 573, 44 N. W. 579, 7 L. R. A. 507, 18 Am. St. Rep. 473,