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the same. It is an antecedent legal right in rem. The object 
of this right is personality. The conduct required by it is 
forbearance from imposing total restraint upon a person’s 
freedom of locomotion except in making lawful arrest. Every 
human being has the right, and all human beings are under 
duty. The right is a natural innate right and is acquired at 
the moment of birth. The violation of it is the tort of false 
imprisonment. The right terminates with death, may be for- 
feited by wrongdoing, and may be partially waived by con- 
tract. It was the fourth right historically recognized by the 
law. 
(e) Reputation. The right of reputation is the right of a 
person not to have diminished in the community his good 
name, or the well-founded respect of others for him. It is 
an antecedent legal right in rem. It was the fifth historically 
recognized by the law. The object of the right is also person- 
ality, but honor and reputation instead of the physical person. 
The conduct required by it is forbearance from publishing def- 
amation which is either actionable per se or not actionable per 
se if it causes special damage. Every human being has the 
right, and all human beings are under duty. The right is a 
natural innate right, acquired at the moment of birth. A 
violation of the right is the tort of slander if the defamation 
is oral, and the tort of libel if the defamation is in writing, 
print, or figure. The right terminates with death, and can 
be lost during life only by loss of character. 
(f) Immunity from Fraud. The right to immunity from 
fraud is the right of a person not to be induced by intentional 
false representations to assent to a transaction which causes 
him damage. It is a private antecedent legal right in rem. 
The object of the right is generally an external thing, and 
therefore the same as the object of property. Fraud, conse- 
quently, is generally a tort resulting from a violation of a 
property duty. But the right to immunity from fraud is 
broader than the right of property and hence should have 
some separate treatment. The conduct required is forbear- 
ance from making a false representation in regard to a mate- 
rial fact, with knowledge of its falsity, and with intent that 
it shall be acted upon, to one who is ignorant of its falsity and 
believes it to be true and who reasonably relies and acts upon 
it to his damage. Everyone has a right to such conduct, and 
