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[Eng. personal; -ism.] The quality or state of being personal; personality. "The law of libel which curbs the license and personal ism of the pre ." -Jennings : Curiosities of Criticism, p. 58. per-son-al-i-ty, s. [Fr. personnalité.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The quality or state of being personal; direct application or applicability to a person; spec if., application or applicability of remarks to the person, conduct, manners, or habits of some individual. "There is yet another topic, which he has been no le he does studious to avoid, which is personality not mean to point at individuals." -Observer, No. 86. 2. A remark reflecting on the person, conduct, manners, or habits of an individual; personal remarks. "He expre ed regret that personalities had been introduced."-London Daily Chronicle. 3. That which constitutes individuality; that which constitutes an individual a distinct person; existence as a thinking being. "These capacities constitute personality , for they imply consciousne of thought."-Paley: Natural Theol. ogy , ch. xxiii. 4. Application limited to certain persons, or cla es of persons. 5. Personal qualities, or characteristics. "Those qualities and personalities in Love lace." Richardson: Clari a , ii. 138. IMG:content-0927.png:[blocks in formation] II. Law : Personalty (q. v.). Personality of laws : That quality of a law or laws which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons, as distinguished from the reality of laws (q. v.).