Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

PERSONAL RIGHTS

PERSONAL ASSETS

893

PERSONAL LAW, as opposed to ter ritorial law, is the law applicable to persons not subject to the law of the territory in which they reside. It is only by permission of the territorial law that personal law can exist at the present day; e. g., it applies to British subjects resident in the Levant and in other Mohammedan and barbarous coun tries. Under the Roman Empire, it had a very wide application. Brown. PERSONAL LIABILITY. The liabil ity of the stockholders in corporations, under certain statutes, by which they may be held individually responsible for the debts of the corporation, either to the extent of the par value of their respective holdings of stock, or to twice that amount, or without limit, or otherwise, as the particular statute ditects. 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 course of law. 1 Bl. Comm. 134. See LIB ERTY. PERSONAL PROPERTY. Property of a personal or movable nature, as opposed to property of a local or immovable character, (such as land or houses,) the latter being called "real property." This term is also applied to the right or interest less than a freehold which a man has in realty. That kind of property which usually con sists of things temporary and movable, but includes all subjects of property not of a free hold nature, nor descendible to the heirs at law. 2 Kent, Comm. 340. Personal property is divisible into (1) corporeal personal property, which includes movable and tangible things, such as animals, ships, furniture, merchandise, etc.; and (2) incorporeal personal property, which consists of such rights as per sonal annuities, stocks, shares, patents, and copy rights. Sweet. PERSONAL REPLEVIN. A species of action to replevy a man out of prison or out of the custody of any private person. It took the place of the old writ de homine replegi ando; but, as a means of examining into the legality of an imprisonment, it is now super seded by the writ of habeas corpus. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES Executors or administrators. PERSONAL RIGHTS. The right of personal security, comprising those of life, limb, body, health, reputation, and the right of personal liberty.

the person himself who is injured, and not by bis representatives. PERSONAL ASSETS. Chattels, mon ey, and other personal property belonging to * bankrupt, insolvent, or decedent estate, which go to the assignee or executor. PERSONAL CHATTELS. Things movable which may be annexed to or at tendant on the person of the owner, and car ried about with him from one part of the world to another. 2 Bl. Comm. 387. PERSONAL CONTRACT. A contract relating to personal property. PERSONAL COVENANT. A cove nant which, instead of being a charge upon real estate of the covenantor, only binds him self and his personal representatives in re spect to assets. The phrase may also mean a covenant which is personal to the covenantor, i. e., one which he must perform in person, and cannot procure another to perform for him. PERSONAL CREDIT. That credit which a person possesses as an individual, •and which is founded on the opinion enter tained of his character and business standing. PERSONAL DEMAND. A demand for payment of a bill or note, made upon the drawer, acceptor, or maker, in person. See 1 Daniel, Neg. Inst. § 589. PERSONAL DISABILITY. A disa bility or incapacity for legal action resulting from the status or condition of the particu lar person, such as coverture, infancy, or lunacy. PERSONAL ESTATE. Personal prop erty, (q. v.) PERSONAL INJURY. A hurt or dam age done to a man's person, such as a cut or bruise, a broken limb, or the like, as dis tinguished from an injury to his property or his reputation. The phrase is chiefly used in connection with actions of tort for negli gence. PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. Knowl- «dge of the truth in regard to a particular fact or allegation, which is original, and does not depend on information or hearsay. Personal knowledge of an allegation in an answer is personal knowledge of its truth or falsity; and if the allegation is a negative one, this necessarily includes a knowledge of the truth or falsity of the allegation denied. 18 Fed. Rep. 622.

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