person, per so on, persone, persun

[Fr. per sonne a person, from Lat. persona a mask, espec. one worn by play-actors: per =through, and so no to sound; Sp. & Ital. persona. ] I. Ordinary Language : *1. That part in life which one plays. "No man can long put on person and act a part but his evil manners will peep through the corners of his white robe."-Jeremy Taylor: Apples of Sodom. Archbishop Trench points out that when this old sense of the word is remembered, greatly increased force is given to the statement that God is no respecter of persons. The signification is that God cares not what part in life a person plays-in other words, what office he fills but how he plays it. ( Select Glo ary .) †2. A human being represented in fiction or on the stage; a character. "These tables Cicero pronounced, under the person of Cra us, were of more use and authority than all the books of the philosophers."-Baker: On Learning. 3076 3. External appearance; bodily form or appearance. "If it a ume my noble father's person." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 2. 4. Human frame; body; as, cleanly in person. 5. A human being; a being po e ed of personality; a man, woman, or child; a human creature. "A fair person he was, and fortunate." Chaucer: C. Т. , 10,339. 6. A human being, as distinguished from an animal, or inanimate object. 7. An individual; one; a man. "This was then the church which was daily increased by the addition of other persons received into it."-Pear son : On the Creed. 8. A term applied to each of the three beings of the Godhead. "The whole three persons are co-eternal together, and co-equal."- A than asian Creed. *9. The parson or rector of a parish. II. Gram.: One of the three relations pertaining to a noun or pronoun, and thence also to a verb of which either may stand as the subject, as in the first person the noun represents the speaker, the second that which is spoken to, and the third that which is spoken of. (1) Artificial person : Law : A corporation or body politic. (2) In person: By one's self; with bodily presence; not by deputy or representative. *per-son, v . t . [PERSON, s .] To represent as a person; to make to resemble; to image, to personify. per-son-a-ble, a. [Eng. person ; -able .] IMG:content-0925.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Of or pertaining to an individual; relating to or affecting an individual; affecting one's own person; affecting one individually. "Cause extreme personal annoyance." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. ii. sonal charms. 3. Of or pertaining to the person or bodily form; pertaining to the body or figure; corporeal; as, per 4. Applied or relating to the person, character, conduct, manners, or habits of an individual, generally used in a disparaging sense; as, personal remarks, 5. Using language reflecting on the person, character, conduct, manners, or habits of an individual, as, He is very personal in his remarks. 6. Done in person; effected or done by one's self, not through a representative or medium. *7. Present in person. "When he was personal in the Irish war." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I. iv. 3. 8. Gram .: Having the regular modifications of the three persons; denoting or pointing to the person; as, a personal verb, a personal pronoun. B. As substantive: Law : Any movable thing, living or dead; a mov able. (1) Personal Act of Parliament : An act confined to a particular person or persons; as an act authorizing a person to change his name. ( Eng . ) (2) Personal Actions : Those brought for the specific goods and chattels, or for damages or other redre for breach of contract or for injuries of any description; the specific recovery of lands, tonements, and hereditaments only excepted. personally personal-bond, s. Scots Law: A bond which acknowledges the receipt of a sum of money and binds the granter, his heirs, executors, and succe ors, to repay the same at a specified term, with a penalty in case of failure, and interest on the sum while the same remains unpaid. personal-chattels, s. pl. Law : Goods or movables. personal-diligence or execution, s. Scots Law : A proce which consists of arrestment, poinding, and imprisonment.