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LIBERTY (law)


LIBERTY. Freedom from restraint. The power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature. without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature. 2. Liberty is divided into civil, natural, personal, and political. 2. Liberty is divided into civil, natural, personal, and political. 3. Civil liberty is the power to do whatever is permitted by the 3. Civil liberty is the power to do whatever is permitted by the constitution of the state and the laws of the land. It is no other than constitution of the state and the laws of the land. It is no other than natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws, and no further, operating natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws, and no further, operating equally upon all the citizens, as is necessary and expedient for the general equally upon all the citizens, as is necessary and expedient for the general advantage of the public. 1 Black. Com. 125; Paley' s Mor. Phil. B. 6, c.5; advantage of the public. 1 Black. Com. 125; Paley' s Mor. Phil. B. 6, c.5; Swifts Syst. 12 Swifts Syst. 12 4. That system of laws is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty, 4. That system of laws is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty, which leaves the citizen entirely master of his own conduct, except in those which leaves the citizen entirely master of his own conduct, except in those points in which the public good requires some direction and restraint. When apoints in which the public good requires some direction and restraint. When a