Homme /om/. Fr. Man; a man. The term “man” as sometimes used may include a woman or women.
Man. A human being.
Human Being. Undefined.
Homo Sapiens. Undefined.
Person. In general usage, a human being (i.e. natural person), though by statute term may include labor organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustes, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers. Scope and delineation of term is necessary for determining those to whom Fourteenth Amendment of Constitution affords protection since this Amendment expressly applies to “persons.”
Persona. Lat. In the civil law, character in virtue of which certain rights belong to a man and certain duties are imposed on him. Thus one man may unite many characters, as, for example, the characters of father and son, of master and servant.
Personable. Having the rights and powers of a person; able to hold or maintain a plea in court; also capacity to take anything granted or given.
Persona designata. A person pointed out or described as an individual, as opposed to a person ascertained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character.
Personal. Appertaining to the person; belonging to an individual; limited to the person; having the nature or partaking of the qualities of human being, or of movable property.
Personal defenses. In commercial law, term usually refers to defenses that cannot be asserted against a holder in due course in enforcing an instrument. Also refers to defenses of a principal debtor against a creditor that cannot be asserted derivatively by a surety.
Spirit. Undefined.
Spiritual. Relating to religious or ecclesiastical persons or affairs, as distinguished from ” secular” or lay, worldly, or business matters.
Black’s Law Dictionary 6th ed.