Dictionary

in rem en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in rem (“against the thing”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Against a thing (such as property) rather than a person.
   • True in rem cases involve a dispute over ownership of the property that is the jurisdictional predicate, and (believe it or not) determine the ownership interest in that thing as to every person in the world. 2021, Richard D. Freer, Civil Procedure, Aspen Publishing, →ISBN, page 50:
   • The church filed an in rem petition with the court, requesting that the book be declared obscene.

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in personam