Personal

a. [Lat. personalis, It. personale, Sp. & Pr. personal, Pg. pessoal, Fr. personnel.] Belonging or pertaining to a person; as, (a.) Belonging to men or women, or to persons and not to things. “Every man so termed by way of personal difference only.” Hooker. (b.) Relating to an individual or individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns.

The words are conditional, — If thou doest well, — and so personal to Cain. Locke. (c.) Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance or attractions; as, personal charms or accomplishments. Addison. (d.) Done in person, without the intervention of another. “The immediate and personal speaking of God Almighty.” White. (e.) Applying to the character and conduct of individuals in a disparaging manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. (f.) (Gram.) Denoting the person.

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.), the personal difference between particular individuals as to exactness in observations with astronomical instruments. — Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature, nor descendible to the heirs at law. Kent. — Personal identity (Metaph.), sameness of being, of which consciousness is the evidence. — Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it. — Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. — Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified to correspond with the three persons.