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in rem

in rem adjective: against a thing (such as property) rather than a person.

Adjective

in rem (not comparable)

  1. Against a thing (such as property) rather than a person.
    • The church filed an in rem petition with the court, requesting that the book be declared obscene.
    • True in rem cases involve a dispute over ownership of the property that is the jurisdictional predicate, and (believe it or not) determine the ownership interest in that thing as to every person in the world.2021, Richard D. Freer, Civil Procedure, Aspen Publishing, →ISBN, page 50

in rem meaning in Tamil

in rem in Tamil

பொருள்சுட்டிய

Forms of in rem

alternative formin-rem

Origin of in rem

Borrowed from Latin in rem (“against the thing”).

Questions about in rem

What does in rem mean?
In rem means against a thing (such as property) rather than a person.
What is in rem in Tamil?
In rem in Tamil is பொருள்சுட்டிய. See In rem meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in rem?
In rem is an adjective.

Words near in rem in the dictionary

  1. in regard
  2. in regard of
  3. in regard to
  4. in regards to
  5. in relation to
  6. in rem
  7. in reserve
  8. in respect
  9. in respect of
  10. in retreat
  11. in retrospect

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in rem (page history and authors); in rem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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