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In a lawsuit against a specific individual, a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction that is served to a person to try a case. In personam means that a judgment can be enforceable against the person wherever he/she is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin in persōnam (literally “towards a person”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
