In Personam - Law Dictionary Search Results
Law of obligations
Law of obligations, means the category of law dealing with proprietary right in personam. It is one of the three departments into which civil law is divided, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
in rem
United States, 509 U.S. 602 (1993)"] [an in rem action] see also in rem jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare in personam, quasi in rem
Equity
it is presented by the litigants, Equity insists upon the conscientious obligations of the suitors; and by adjudicating in personam, may compel specific performance (see that title) of a contract where law would only give damages for the
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Condictio
stricti juris attributed to a party of a negotium stricti juris, and derived from the Civil Law. Appellantur in personam actiones quibus dare fierive opertere intendimus, condictiones. The condictio was certa or incerta according as a definite or
Admiralty
to 1916, as amended by subsequent Acts, s. 23, ibid. Proceedings in Admiralty may be in rem or in personam. By the first, the property in relation to which the claim has arisen, or the proceeds thereof, may
Action
of land. All forms of action are now abolished, but there still inevitably remains the distinction between actions in personam brought against an individual, actions in rem, which determine questions of title, and possessory actions, which decide merely
saving to suitors clause
a state court when entitled to such remedy and that effectively means that a party may pursue an in personam maritime claim in an ordinary civil action seeking a common-law remedy with the right to a jury trial
res
esp. that is the subject matter of litigation [a court with jurisdiction over the of the suit] compare in personam, in rem, quasi in rem 2 : corpus [the of the trust was the marital home "Stopka v.
quasi in rem
a particular property over which jurisdiction can be obtained see also quasi in rem jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare in personam, in rem NOTE: The plaintiff in a quasi in rem action uses the court's jurisdiction over the defendant's
Wages
lien on the ship for their wages; they may enforce their claim by an action in rem or in personam. Courts of Summary Jurisdiction are given jurisdiction to try cases where wages not exceeding 50l. are claimed by
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