Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Against a thing, such as a piece of property, as in a lawsuit establishing its ownership.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In relation to a thing: as, an action in rem: opposed to in personam. See
action , 8 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law Against a thing (such as
property ) rather than aperson
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin : Latin in, against + Latin rem, accusative of rēs, thing, matter.]
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Latin against the thing
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