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Personal seenrity

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910


(1) A person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his bsdy, his health, and his reputation. 1 Bl. Comm. 129. Sanderson v. Hunt, 25 Ky. Law Rep. 626, 76 S. W. 179.
(2) Evidences of debt Which bind the person of the debtor, not real property, are distinguished from such as are liens on land by the name of "personal securities." Merrill v. National Bank, 173 U. S. 131, 19 Sup. Ct. 360, 43 In Ed. 640,

Defined under Security in Black's Law Dictionary.