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ACTION IN REM- 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
ACTION IN PERSONAM-In the civil law. An action against the person, founded on
a personal liability; an action seeking redress for the violation of a jus in personam or
right available against a particular individual.

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