Legal Definition and Related Resources of Personal liberty
Meaning of Personal liberty
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
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Personal liberty in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Consists in the power of locomotion, of changing situation, or moving one’s person to whatever place one’s own inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint, unless by due course of law. 1 Bl. Com. 131. Next in importance to personal security. Violated by false imprisonment. The right forbids that a man be excluded from his country unless by sentence of law. 3 Bl. Com 127; 1 id. 124, 137.
Note: This legal definition of Personal liberty in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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