in personam
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of in personam
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Historically the jurisdiction of courts to render judgments in personam is grounded on their de facto power over the defendant's person.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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
An action in personam asserts a right only against a particular person.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
Our process must be in rem, not in personam.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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