{{Short description|Rights over one's own body}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2017}} {{Rights}} '''Personal rights''' are the rights that a person has over their own body. In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, personal rights are defined as "rights (as of personal security, personal liberty, and private property) appertaining to the person".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20rights|title=Definition of PERSONAL RIGHTS|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> Among personal rights are associated rights to protect and safeguard the body, most obviously protected by the torts of assault and battery. Furthermore, aspects of personality, such as a person's reputation and honour, are protected by the tort of defamation, legislation protecting the privacy of individuals, and freedom of movement.
In English land law, a personal right (from the Latin ''ius in personam'') refers to the permission to use land for a specific purpose that is personal to the owner and which cannot bind future purchasers of the land. A personal right is thus distinct from a proprietary (property) right (''ius in rem'') which refers to a right that affects the land itself, such as a freehold or leasehold.
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==See also== *Personality rights *Right to die *Victimless crime *Self defense
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