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JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages
Synonyms:
judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("judgment in personam" is a kind of...):
judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
Domain category:
corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Antonym:
judgment in rem (a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons))
