Personal Liberty
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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 courst of law. 1 Bl. Comm. 134. Its modern definition is wider, embracing the right of the individual to do as he pleases, unrestricted save by the right of the public to subordinate his freedom of action to the welfare of the public
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Freedom from physical and personal restraint; the right to the pursuit of happiness; freedom to go where one chooses and to pursue such lawful occupations as may seem suitable. In its broad sense personal liberty would include freedom from unlawful arrest and restraint, from unlawful seizures and searches, from assault and battery, from libel and slander, from general warrants of arrest, from unfair monopolies in trade, and from quartering soldiers in time of peace; and it would include also the right of trial by jury, liberty of conscience, freedom of the press, the right to travel and emigrate, to bear arms and to petition the government for redress of grievances. But in its stricter sense it includes only freedom to move about as one pleases and to pursue any lawful calling; Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. S. 142, 24 L. Ed. 77; Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. (U. S.) 106, 21 L. Ed. 304; Butchers’ Union Co. v. Slaughter-House Co., Ill U. S. 757, 4 Sup. Ct. 652, 28 L. Ed. 585; People v. Marx, 90 N. Y. 377, 2 N. E. 29, 52 Am. Rep. 34. See Constitutional; Police Power; Assault; Correction; Imprisonment; IIadeas Corpus; Expatriation; Physical Examination; Search; Preliminary Examinations; Liberty of Contract; Liberty.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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,
Defined under Liberty in Black's Law Dictionary.