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  2. In rem jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    In rem jurisdiction ("power about or against 'the thing ' " [1]) is the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal ...

  3. In personam - Wikipedia

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    In personam is a Latin phrase meaning "against a particular person". In a lawsuit in which the case is against a specific individual, that person must be served with a summons and complaint (in England & Wales known as Particulars of Claim (CPR 1999)) to give the court jurisdiction to try the case, and the judgment applies to that person and is called an "in personam judgment".

  4. Quasi in rem jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court significantly diminished the utility of the quasi in rem jurisdiction because if the case meets the minimum contacts, fair play and substantial justice tests, the action can be brought under the in personam jurisdiction. Quasi in rem jurisdiction, however, can still be an effective option to bring the lawsuit to a particular ...

  5. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    in personam: in person Used in the context of "directed at this particular person", refers to a judgement or subpoena directed at a specific named individual. Cf. in rem. in pleno: in full in propria persona: in one's own person Said of one who represents themselves in court without the [official] assistance of an attorney. in re: in the matter ...

  6. Roman litigation - Wikipedia

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    This was conducted through exchanges of ritual words, the two different types being known as the declarative which were the legis actio sacramento (which could be in rem or in personam), legis actio per iudicis arbitrive postulationem and legis actio per condictionem and the executive type legis actio per pignoris capionem and legis actio per ...

  7. Pennoyer v. Neff - Wikipedia

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    Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878) was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that a state court can only exert personal jurisdiction over a party domiciled out-of-state if that party is served with process while physically present within the state.

  8. Maritime lien - Wikipedia

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    Claimants take advantage of the action in rem, rather action in personam, because an action in rem is easier and convenient to institute. It is more difficult, in an action in personam, to summon the defendant via writ outside the jurisdiction unless the defendant is a resident of EU or EFTA countries. Besides, the processes to find the ...

  9. Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld - Wikipedia

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    Rights held by a person against one or a few definite persons are paucital (or "in personam"), and rights held by a person against a large indefinite class of people are multital (or "in rem"). A contract right is paucital (or "in personam") because it can be enforced only against the specific parties to the contract.