In personam is a Latin phrase meaning "against a particular person". In a lawsuit in which the case is against a specific individual, that person must...

(obligationes). Finally, procedural law distinguishes between actiones in rem and obligatory actiones in personam. Furthermore, obligations are divided into contractual...

(discussed below). In personam jurisdiction referred to jurisdiction over a particular person (or entity, such as a company). In personam jurisdiction, if...

directly to the person of the defendant in order to compel him to appear before the court to establish in personam jurisdiction over him. But now that the...

such an action is said to be against “all the world”. Claimants take advantage of the action in rem, rather action in personam, because an action in rem is...

court does not have in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal...

represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly an American phenomenon...

A cause of action or right of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify suing to obtain money or property, or to justify the enforcement...

maritime actions in rem. Rule D deals with possessory, petitory, and partition actions in admiralty actions. Rule E applies to actions in personam with process...

procedure: that of legis actiones, the formulary system, and cognitio extra ordinem. Though the periods in which these systems were in use overlapped one another...

public law in the sense that the state is treated as if it were a private party in a civil case, either as a plaintiff with a civil cause of action to enforce...

subject-matter jurisdiction over many large class action lawsuits and mass actions in the United States. The bill was the first major piece of legislation of...

In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or...

In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. A collective settlement...

jurisdiction, except for a class action or mass action in which minimal diversity exists with respect to other parties in the case. If the case requires...

In the Roman litigation system, while the Legis Actiones procedure was in force during the early Republic, both parties had to lay down a legal wager...

of all federal courts to "cases and controversies". Thus, a civil action or appeal in which the court's decision will not affect the rights of the parties...

A prayer for relief, in the law of civil procedure, is a portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks...

and relevant to the issue, as when it directly involves hypocrisy, or actions contradicting the subject's words. The philosopher Charles Taylor has argued...

judgment will affect only the property seized, as in personam jurisdiction is unobtainable. Of note, in a quasi in rem case the court may lack personal jurisdiction...

amount in controversy requirement. Congress eliminated the requirement in actions against the United States in 1976 and in all federal question cases in 1980...

commission, is a decision or opinion of the body but which is non-binding in law and does not have the effect of adjudicating a specific legal case, but...

successfully overcome the hurdles of standing, Case or Controversy and State Action, it will be heard by a trial court. The non-governmental party may raise...

Law Review 553, 591 Corpus Juris Civilis, Institutes, Book 4.2. Actions in personam were to "proceed against someone who is under a contractual or delictual...

living in a remote/hostile nation. Even if an exception to the work-product doctrine is made, the court would still protect privileged actions by an attorney...

remedy' and 'Equity acts in personam [on persons]'". Jeffrey Hackney has argued that maxims are more harmful than helpful in understanding equitable principles:...

claim or defense shares a common question of law or fact with the main action. Agents of the federal or state government may be permitted by the court...

doctrine applies even where the state does not bring an action until after the person has filed a lawsuit in federal court, provided that the federal court has...

subordinate courts. The High Court has jurisdiction to hear and try any action in personam (that is, directed towards a particular person) where: the defendant...

In the United States, removal jurisdiction allows a defendant to move a civil action or criminal case filed in a state court to the United States district...