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Definition of In person
1. Adverb. In the flesh; without involving anyone else. "He appeared in person"
Definition of In person
1. Adverb. With one's own body and presence, as opposed to radio, the telephone, television, or the Internet. Actually present. In actual presence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Person
Literary usage of In person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... suppress insurrections, and enforce the execution of the Laws; but shall not
take the command in person ..."
2. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"... der is usually employed, and the verb must agree with the antecedent in person:
unser Vater, der du bist im Himmel (Luther); du, die du alle Wunden ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"It shall also be the duty of the assessor of each county, in person or by deputy,
at the time of making the annual assessment for taxes in each year, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"If Shepherd had declared at the sale, that he was bidding for Tappenden, the
effect would have been precisely the same, as if Tappenden had bid in person. ..."
5. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"C. Byrne, Surgeon, is relieved from duty as attending Surgeon at the Soldiers'
home, near this city, and will report in person to the commanding officer, ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Where a person is convicted of a felony, it must affirmatively appear from the
record that the prisoner was present in court, and entered his plea in person ..."
7. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"DARIUS RESOLVES TO MAKE WAR in person AGAINST EGYPT AND AGAINST GREECE, &C.
WHEN Darius received the news of the defeat of his army at Marathon, ..."
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