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Maritime lien

privilege upon a thing to be carried into effect by legal process, that process to be a proceeding in rem ...... This claim or privilege travels with the thing into whosoever possession it may come. It is inchoate … the moment the claim or privilege attaches, and when carried into effect by legal process by a proceeding in rem, relates back to the period when it first attached, Bold Buccbugh, The (1852) 7 Moo PCC 267: (1843-60)

In personam

In personam. All civil actions are either in personam or in rem; actions at law in personam are those which seek recovery of damages, etc. so in equity the court … Equity, is in personam', see Penn v. Lord Baltimore, (1750) 1 Ves Sen 444; W. & TLC See IN REM

res

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. Commercial Embroidery, … 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. Commercial Embroidery, Inc., 428 N.E.2d

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service

form of service (as by publication of notice in a newspaper) is also usually required for exercise of in rem or quasi in rem jurisdiction. 2 a : useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity usually … by publication of notice in a newspaper) is also usually required for exercise of in rem or quasi in rem jurisdiction. 2 a : useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity usually used in pl. [payment

jus in re

[Medieval Latin, right in a thing] : a right of property ownership that is enforced by an action in rem compare jus ad rem

in personam

do something [an action in personam] [an in personam suit] see also in personam jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare in rem, quasi in rem … action in personam] [an in personam suit] see also in personam jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare in rem, quasi in rem

Uses

a tenant at will only, for he had neither jus in re, i.e., an estate nor jus ad rem, i.e., a demand, and therefore he could bring no action, having neither title nor legal estate in the

Tort

a contract. Torts are divisible into three classes, according as they consist in the infringement of a jus in rem, or in breech of a duty imposed by law on a person towards another person, or in the

Scintilla juris et tituli

and Mr. Burton (Comp., p. 59, 6th Edn.); but Lord Bcon On Uses, p. 47), Mr. Fearne (Cont. Rem., p. 300), Lord St. Leonards (1 Powers, c. 1, s. 3, and note 10 to Gilb. Uses, p.

Remainder

Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular

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