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HEALTH Definition & Legal Meaning

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Freedom from sickness or suffering. The right to the enjoyment of healthis a subdivision of the right of persona! security, one of the absolute rights of persons.1 Bl. Comm. 120, 134. As to injuries affecting health, see 3 Bl. Comm. 122.

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