in rem
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of in rem
1880–85; < Latin: literally, against (the) thing
Example Sentences
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What is the dose in rem to the tumor, if the average γ energy per decay is 1.25 MeV?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Multiply by 100 to obtain dose in rem.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
It is, on the other hand, required of a proceeding in rem that the res be within the court's jurisdiction, and this, it was urged, had not been the case in Thompson v.
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
Such a proceeding is, either in form or substance, one not in personam but in rem.
From The American Judiciary by Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD
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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