any thing that concerns, or is restrained to, the person; thus it is a maxim in ethics, that all faults are personal.

PERSONAL Action, in law, is an action levied directly and solely against the person; in opposition to a real or mixed action. See Action.

PERSONAL Goods, or Chattels, in law, signifies any moveable thing belonging to a person, whether alive or dead. See Chattels.

PERSONAL Identity. See Metaphysics, Part III. Chap. iii.

PERSONAL Verb, in grammar, a verb conjugated in all the three persons; thus called in opposition to an impersonal verb, or that which has the third person only.