Definition of Actio In Rem

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Actio in rem
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    An action against a thing; for the recovery of a thing or the establishment of a right independent of contract.

  • Actio In Rem
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    In the civil and common law. An action for a thing; an action for the recovery of a thing possessed by another. Inst. 4, 6, 1. An action for the enforcement of a right (or for redress for its invasion) which was originally available against all the world, and not in any special sense against the individual sued, until he violated it See In Rem.