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  • The plaintiffs asserted that because defendants were not subject to in personam jurisdiction in Tennessee, Tennessee's tolling provision was applicable.

    NY Court of Appeals 2008

  • The plaintiffs asserted that because defendants were not subject to in personam jurisdiction in Tennessee, Tennessee's tolling provision was applicable.

    New York Civil Procedure 2008

  • So reading your posts is a welcome break from in personam jurisdiction, but posting my own is a bit more than I can chew for now.

    2 and 7, Part II: 1982-2007 Lindy 2007

  • The ruling that some have called ad paninum -- for the sandwich -- is an analogy with the many laws ad personam -- for his own person -- Berlusconi's government passed in the past few years.

    Iginio Gagliardone: Comedy of Errors Damages Italy's Democratic Institutions 2010

  • The ruling that some have called ad paninum -- for the sandwich -- is an analogy with the many laws ad personam -- for his own person -- Berlusconi's government passed in the past few years.

    Comedy of Errors Damages Italy's Democratic Institutions Iginio Gagliardone 2010

  • Sam Bloch, the president of the American Gathering, is a member of the Claims Conference Executive Committee, and American Gathering Senior Vice President Max Liebmann has been appointed as one of a number of ad personam members of the Claims Conference board.

    Menachem Rosensaft: Stop Personal Attacks on Claims Conference Leaders 2009

  • Among these are time, locality (locum), personal (personam), and subject (subjectam).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How Important is the Uniformity of Federal Law? 2009

  • His comment on judges who dared, in 2003, to oppose his ad personam legislation to protect himself from retrospective charges was that judges are "mentally disturbed" and "anthropologically different from the rest of the human race".

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • From my admittedly random sampling of right-wing US blogs; NRO, Malkin etc. etc., ad personam nuttiness certainly looks as though it is playing a part, if not at the exact centre or Republican thinking, then pretty close in.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Last week, the government introduced a bill promoted as “one of the most radical reforms of Italy's snail-paced justice system since the end of World War II”, which the opposition, magistrates, and consumer advocacy groups insist is yet another “ad personam law”, tailored to help Berlusconi avoid corruption trials.

    In Italy, Online Activism Fires Up ���No Berlusconi Day��� 2009

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