No one is bound to incapacitate himself.

Explanation

The law will not require a man to destroy his own legal standing or strip himself of rights as a condition of exercising another right.

Where this applies

• The government requires you to give up one right in order to exercise another.
• A licensing requirement strips a person of legal capacity as a condition of approval.

See also

• 2.3.1 Liberty is the natural power of doing whatever one pleases, except that which is restrained by law or force.
• 3.1.4 Capacity is the attribute of a person by which he may exercise civil rights.