Personal rights

Personal rights

Personal rights are the rights that a person has over their own body. Among personal rights are associated rights to protect and safeguard the body, most obviously protected by the torts of assault and battery. Furthermore, aspects of are protected, such as a person's reputation, by the tort of defamation, and legislation protecting the privacy of individuals.


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  • Personal rights — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • personal rights — rights of personal security, such as life, limb, body, health, reputation and liberty. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

  • personal rights — noun plural : rights (as of personal security, personal liberty, and private property) appertaining to the person * * * personal rights plural noun Rights which belong to a person as a living, rational being • • • Main Entry: ↑personal …   Useful english dictionary

  • Personal Rights Association — The body which became the Personal Rights Association (PRA) was founded in England in 1871. The 1913 Annual Report of the PRA records that On the 14th March, 1871, a meeting largely attended by sympathisers from various parts of England, was held …   Wikipedia

  • personal rights — A classification of the rights which a person has in relation strictly to the duties owed to him by others and the wrongs consequent to the breach or violation of such duties. Duffies v Duffies, 76 Wis 374, 45 NW 522. See rights of person …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights — The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is an independent Egyptian human rights organization, established in 2002. Vision and mandate The EIPR was established to complement the work of other Egyptian human rights groups by adopting as… …   Wikipedia

  • Personal — Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Personal action — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Personal equation — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Personal estate — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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