a. [ L. personalis: cf. F. personnel. ] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. [ 1913 Webster ]
The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. “Personal communication.” Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
The immediate and personal speaking of God. White. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. [ 1913 Webster ]
6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.) See under Equation. --
Personal estate or
Personal property (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or real property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. --
Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. --
Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals. --
Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. --
Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. --
Personal tithes. See under Tithe. --
Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. [ 1913 Webster ]