c. 22, § 12.

c. 22.—Liberty to hold pleas. The liberty of having a court of one’s own. Thus certain lords had the privias of holding pleas within their own manors. —Natural liberty. The power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature. 1 BI. Comm. 125. The right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons and property after the manner they judge most consistent with their happiness. on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature. and so as not to interfere with an equal exercise of the same rights by other men. Burlamaqui., c. 3, § 15: 1 Bl. Comm. 125.—Personal liberty. The right or power of loconrotion; 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 BI.