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Those laws which regulate the condition, state, or capacity of persons. The term is used in opposition to those laws which concern property, whether real or personal, and things. … [Read more...] about PERSONALITY OF LAWS

Information which can be used to identify a specific person, which may include the name of a person, place of residence, social security number and other such data. … [Read more...] about PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)

Legal phrase which means that a person is familiar and readily identifiable to the party signing or attesting. … [Read more...] about PERSONALLY KNOWN

Also known as Jurisdiction In Personam. This is the authority or power over a person, regardless of their location. … [Read more...] about PERSONAL JURISDICTION

Personal property; movable property; chattels. An abstract of personal. In old practice, an action was said to be in the personalty, where it was brought against the right person or the person against whom In law It lay. Old Nat Brev. 92; Cowell. Quasi personalty. Things which are movable in point of law, though fixed to things real, either actually, as emblements, (fructus … [Read more...] about PERSONALTY