6. (Gram.)
Defn: Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; — opposed to real action. — Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation. — Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; — opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. — Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. — Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals. — Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. — Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. — Personal tithes. See under Tithe. — Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons.
PERSONAL
Per"son*al, n. (Law)
Defn: A movable; a chattel.
PERSONALISM
Per"son*al*ism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being personal; personality. [R.]
PERSONALITY
Per`son*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Personalities. Etym: [Cf. F. personnalité.
Cf. Personality.]
1. That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. Coleridge.
2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. Macaulay.
3. (Law)