In personam from Latin for "directed toward a particular person." In a lawsuit in which the case is against a specific individual, that person must be served with a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction to try the case, ...
In Personam definition:
Latin: regarding a person; a right, action, judgment or entitlement that is attached to a specific person(s).
Related Terms: In Rem
Also known as personal jurisdiction.
In Personam
It refers to the judgement of the lawsuit against a person and its assets and not anything else like absolute property or things. It's a latin term meaning "Against a person".
In personam
Latin: All legal rights are either in personam or in rem. An in personam right is a personal right attached to a specific person. In rem rights are property rights and enforceable against the entire world.
IN PERSONAM
Against the person
Jurisdiction over the person of an individual.
INTER ALIA
Among other things
Used to indicate partial disclosure of details, facts, statements, etc. extracted from a whole.
IN PERSONAM, remedies. A remedy in personam, is one where the proceedings are against the person, in contradistinction to those which are against specific things, or in rem. (q. v.) 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2646.
action in personamAction "against the person", personal liability. As opposed to action in rem, which is an action for the recovery of a specific object, such as an automobile.
action in personam - An action against the person, founded on a personal liability. In contrast to action in rem, an action for the recovery of a specific object, usually an item of personal property such as an automobile.
Action in personam. An action against the person.
Action in rem. An action against a thing - an inanimate object out of which satisfaction is sought. See Res, 2.
In personam: (Latin: against the person) All legal rights are either in personam or in rem. An in personam right attaches to a particular person.
The Court recognized that, like in personam punishments, in rem forfeitures also punish the property owner. Id. at 2812.
Personal property concerns itself with rights in personam, or relating to chattels. Despite common assumptions, the idea of property in property law itself remain indefinable.
personal jurisdiction: (in personam jurisdiction): the power of a court to require a person to come before it and defend a lawsuit or suffer a judgment against that person.
The division which is still most universally recognized is that of actions in rem and actions in personam (Sohm, Roman Law, tr. by Ledlie, 2nd ed. 277). An action in rem asserts a right to a particular thing against all the world.
compare in personam in rem
The plaintiff in a quasi in rem action uses the court's jurisdiction over the defendant's property in hopes of obtaining a remedy for a claim (as for money) against the defendant.
in re [Latin] : in the matter of used in the title or name of a case where the proceeding is in rem or quasi in rem and not in personam (as in a matter involving a probate or bankruptcy estate, a ...
When "served" on a defendant, the summons gives a court what we lawyers call in personam jurisdiction, i.e., power over the person.
 See also: Court, Person, Right, Property, State
  
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