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Action

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 the right to have physical control of

Realism

species are real things or entities existing independently of our conceptions According to realism the Universal exists ante rem Plato or in re Aristotle

sequestration

to take into custody the property of a defendant usually to enforce a court order, to exercise quasi in rem jurisdiction, or to preserve the property until judgment is rendered b in the civil law of Louisiana :

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remedy

remedy pl: -dies : the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong

Wages

Seamen have a 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.

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