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in rem (in rem′)

Law designating an action or judgment against a thing, as property, as distinguished from one against a person (in personam)

Etymology: L, lit., against the thing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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