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Litis nomen omnem actionem significat, sive in rem, sive in personam sit

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jurisdiction in personam

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judgment

mortgage final judgment : a judgment that leaves nothing further to be done on a matter except execution in personam judgment : personal judgment in this entry in rem judgment : judgment in rem in this entry judgment … entry judgment by default : default judgment in this entry judgment in per·so·nam [-in-pər-sō-nəm, -per-sō-nÄ m] pl: judgments in personam : personal judgment in this entry judgment in rem [-in-rem] pl: judgments in rem : a judgment affecting

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jurisdiction

an order for partition) affecting a person's interests in the property compare personal jurisdiction in this entry jurisdiction in personam : in personam jurisdiction in this entry jurisdiction in rem : in rem jurisdiction in this entry limited … partition) affecting a person's interests in the property compare personal jurisdiction in this entry jurisdiction in personam : in personam jurisdiction in this entry jurisdiction in rem : in rem jurisdiction in this entry limited jurisdiction : jurisdiction

Obligation

the first place, obligations are merely one class of duties, namely, those which are the correlatives of rights in personam. An obligation is the vinculum juris, or bond of legal necessity, which binds together two or more determinate … obligation is a right, is a duty ....... An obligation, therefore, may be defined as a proprietary right in personam or a duty which corresponds to such a right, Jurisprudence [Glanville L. Williams (Editor), 10 Edn., 1947]. It

In rem

In rem. Civil actions are divided into actions in rem and actions in personam. A judgment in rem is a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject-matter. Such are actions

Real action

embracing those which concern real estate where the proceeding is purely in rem; the next, embracing all suits in personam for contracts and torts; and the last embracing those mixed suits where the person is liable by reason

Property

ownership, estates and interest in corporeal things, and also rights such as trademarks, copyrights, patents and even rights in 'personam' capable of transfer or transmission, such as debts, and signifies a beneficial right to or a thing considered

Parson

Parson [fr. persona, Lat., because the parson omnium personam in ecclesi' sustinet; or from parochianus, the parish-priest.--Johnson; anciently written persone.--Todd], 'the rector of a church parochiall' (Co.

Law of status

Law of status, means the category of law dealing with personal or non-proprietary rights, whether in rem or in personam. It is one of the three departments into which civil law is divider, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

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