Claim indicates what one can force another to do or to refrain from doing. The person who can so force is said to have a claim and the person who can be made to act or forbear is said to have a duty.

Liberty means that what one can do for himself without being prevented by the law, or, in other words, he is free of the possibility of legal interference by others.

The distinguishing point between liberty and claim, claim or right is that one can exercise his liberty without affecting others, whereas in claim or right there is always a corresponding duty, imposed on some other person or person.