Liberty - Law Dictionary Search Results

Home Dictionary Name: liberty

Liberty

Liberty, a franchise, being a royal privilege or a branch there of, subsisting in the hands of a subject, as a liberty to hold pleas in a Court of one's own.The privileged districts, called liberties from being exempt from the sheriff jurisdiction, having separate commissions of the peace, and not being incorporated boroughs, might, by Order in Council, be united with the counties in which they were situate upon petition of the justices of the liberty or of the Courts, under the (English) Liberties Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 105), of which statute, it is believed, but little advantage was taken. As to election of a 'people's magistrate,' in 1891, by the tenants and inhabitants of the liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, in Essex, see Law Journal for July 11, 1891.By s. 48, sub-s. 1, of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1888, every liberty and franchise of a county forms for the purpose of that Act part of the county of which it forms part for the purposes of parliamentary elections.--liberty...

Personal liberty

Personal liberty, in Art. 21 of the Constitution of India takes in the right of locomotion and to travel abroad and no person can be deprived of his right to travel except according to procedure established by law, Satwant Singh v. A.P.O., New Delhi, AIR 1967 SC 1836.In England right to personal liberty means in substance a person's right not to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict maintenance of the principle that no man can be arrested or imprisoned except in due course of law, Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, A.V. Dicey, 2003, pp. 207, 208.Means in ordinary language liberty relating to or concerning the person or body of the individual and personal liberty in this sense is the antitheses of physical restraint or coercion. 'Personal liberty means right not be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or other physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of lega...

Jail liberties

Jail liberties, means bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties. The bounds are considered an extension of the prison walls. Historically, jail liberties were given in England to those imprisoned for debt. The prisoners will be allowed to move freely within the city in which the prison was located also spelled goal liberties. Also termed jail limits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839....

Claim of liberty

Claim of liberty, a suit or petition to the king in the Court of Exchequer, to have liberties and franchises confirmed there by the attorney-general....

Life or personal liberty

Life or personal liberty, the expression 'life or personal liberty' in Article 21 of the Constitution includes right to live with human dignity which would include guarantee against torture and assault by the State, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (729). (Constitution of India, Article, 21)...

civil liberty

civil liberty : freedom from arbitrary interference in one's pursuits (as in expressing thoughts, practicing a religion, or pursuing a living) by individuals or esp. by the government and esp. as constitutionally guaranteed usually used in pl. see also civil right ...

liberty

liberty pl: -ties 1 a : freedom from external (as governmental) restraint, compulsion, or interference in engaging in the pursuits or conduct of one's choice to the extent that they are lawful and not harmful to others b : enjoyment of the rights enjoyed by others in a society free of arbitrary or unreasonable limitation or interference 2 : freedom from physical restraint 3 : freedom from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership or services 4 : right [the right to a fair trial is a fundamental secured by the Fourteenth Amendment "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...

<< Prev.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Next >>
Last >>

Sign-up to get more results

Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.

Start Free Trial