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Definition of Judgement in rem
1. Noun. A judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons).
Exact synonyms: Judgment In Rem
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Antonyms: Judgment In Personam
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Antonyms: Judgment In Personam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Judgement In Rem
Literary usage of Judgement in rem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Estoppel by Matter of Record in Civil Suits in India by Lewis Price Delves Broughton (1893)
"... and which in case of war might be exercised in matters of prize) any ordinary
Court capable of giving what can be called technically a judgement in rem. ..."
2. Hand-book of the Law of Torts by Edwin Ames Jaggard (1895)
"As to effect of foreign judgement in rem, see Cas- trique v. Imrie, LR 4 HL 414;
Wright v. Omnibus Co., 2 QB Div. 27L In England a judgment Jn a county ..."