{"id":8907,"date":"2017-11-21T05:07:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T05:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8907"},"modified":"2018-09-02T21:33:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T21:33:29","slug":"in-rem-jurisdiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8907","title":{"rendered":"in rem Jurisdiction – a court\u2019s power to adjudicate the rights to a given piece of property (i.e. action to quiet title; civil forfeiture) as opposed to the rights of a person."},"content":{"rendered":"

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in rem<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nadj<\/em>.
\n[Latin “against a thing”] (18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Involving or determining the status of a thing, and therefore the\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>rights of persons generally with respect to that thing.<\/strong> \u2014 aka (archaically) impersonal<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 See action in rem under ACTION (4). \u2014 in rem, adv<\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. (Latin) Means \u201cin the thing.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

in rem jurisdiction<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(1930)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A court\u2019s power to adjudicate the rights to a given piece of property, including the power to seize and hold it. <\/strong>\u2014 aka jurisdiction in rem<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The jurisdiction a court has over property situated in the state.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

Also see<\/span> action in rem<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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