catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  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 particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 Personal 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.
        [1913 Webster]

  Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
     1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  
              Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  
              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
  
     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
  
     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
  
              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
  
     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  
     6. (Gram.) 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 rights /pˈɜːsənəl ɹˈaɪts/
  Persönlichkeitsrechte 
   see: personal right, general right of privacy