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Personal(l, -al(l)e, a. (adv.) [ME. and e.m.E. personal (1387), -ele, -all, OF. personal (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), L. persōnālis.] a. Pertaining to oneself as an individual; private; one's own. b. Pertaining to one's person or body. c. (Attendance, presence, etc.) in person and not by proxy or the like. d. adv.a. c1420 Wynt. vi. Prol. 44.
Thare personale successyowne [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I. 84/4.
Nocht anerely for personale perfeccioune bot for all humane linage Ib. MS. fol. 290.
The personal gudnes … of the medycinare … nouthire causis na lattis the heill of the seik persoune Ib. (ed.) II. 61/13. 1560 Acts II. 531/2.
The interpretatioun [of the scriptures] … appertenis [not] … to ony kirk for ony preeminence or prerogatiue personalle or localle quhilk ane hes abone ane vtherb. 1456 Hay II. 38/8.
For … it war mare lyke that the ordour of knychthede suld … accorde to the proprieteis corporales and personalis as spiritualis 1671 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 18 Oct.
To remaine in prissoun for his personall punishment till Saturday nixtc. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 81 (Asl.).
Personale presence a1538 Abell 3*a.
Benifice requiris residens personal 1559 Peebles B. Rec. I. 258.
[They] passit to the personale presens of Johne Wallace … and [etc.] 1564 Prot. Bk. Thomas Johnsoun 140.
Becaus he culd not apprehend his personale presence 1582–3 Reg. Privy C. III. 559.
The said Walter … past to the personall presence of Andro Galbraithd. 1611 Inverness Rec. II. 80.
Beinge al personal summond

e. (Legal actions, property) in personam (cf. Person(e n. 1 (6)). — a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 73.
Actions civill ar aither personall, reall, or mixt. Personall actions follow the partie oblidged ad aliquid dandum vel faciendum Ib. 221.
Some [peremptors] ar personall … others reall ? 1662 Kennedy-Lauderdale Lett. 25 n.
His estait baith personal and reall