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Happiness

SS. The constitutional right of men to pursue their “happiness” means the right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent wlth the equal rights of others, which may Increase their prosperity, or develop thelr faculties, so as to give to them their highest enjoyment. Butchers’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., Ill U. S. 757, 4 Sup. CL 652, 28 L. Ed. 585; 1 Bl. Comm. 41. And see Eng-llsh v: English, 32 N. J. Eq. 750

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)