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In rem jurisdiction (Latin, power about or against "the thing") describing the power of a court to exercise jurisdiction over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction. In rem jurisdiction assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal liability not necessarily associated with that property.
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