in personam
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of in personam
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1880–85
Example Sentences
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An action in personam asserts a right only against a particular person.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Rights, in personam or in rem, are objects of economic value, and the exchange of these rights makes up the bulk, if not the whole, of economic exchange.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
In modern times, thinking, whether he knows it or not, in terms of natural rights and by derivation of legal rights, the analytical jurist speaks of rights in personam.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
Obligation, the Roman term, meaning the relation of the parties to what the analytical jurists have called a right in personam is an exotic in our law in that sense.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
The phrase "right in personam" and its co-phrase "right in rem" are so misleading in their implications, as any teacher soon learns, that we may leave them to the textbooks of analytical jurisprudence.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
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