The Collaborative International Dictionary
In rem \In rem\ [L.] (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing; Note: used:
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Of any right (called
right in rem or
jus in rem) of such a nature as to be available over its subject without reference to one person more than another, or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and reputation.
Of actions for recovering or reducing to possession or enjoyment a specific object, as in the enforcement of maritime liens against a vessel, which is made the defendant by a sort of personification. Most actions for the specific recovery of property in English and American law are in the nature of actions in personam against a person alleged to be unlawfully withholding the property.
Wiktionary
a. (context legal English) Against a thing (such as property) rather than a person
Usage examples of "in rem".
Kil closed his eyes briefly as he recalled the excitement in Rem’.
Where Zara had taken an affectation toward Kil, Zora had also found a favored uncle in Rem.
Images of the Regent's estranged mate, the Regis, and her passion for Zor, whose biogenetic material had been made manifest in Rem's cloning-were they fever-dreams of the hin?
In the human infant, the facial expressions in REM sleep are particularly visible and dramatic, and quite charming.
Only sleepers who are in or approaching REM sleep can participate in the dreams of others also in REM sleep.
The first was the result of infant study: the fact that the brain waves of an infant in REM sleep hardly differed from his waking alpha waves.
Anti-depressant medication reduced the amount of time spent in REM.