In Personam Definition
ĭn pər-sōnəm
adjective
Designating an action or judgment against a person, as distinguished from one against a thing, as property (in rem)
Webster's New World
Pertaining to a person or personal rights or interests, as opposed to in rem.
Webster's New World Law
(law) In a lawsuit against a specific individual, a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction that is served to a person to try a case. In personam means that a judgment can be enforceable against the person wherever he/she is.
In personam judgment.
Wiktionary
Origin of In Personam
Late Latin Latin in onto, against Latin persōnam accusative of persōna person
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin in + personam, literally "towards a person".
From Wiktionary
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