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 a person

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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