Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Aequitas agit in personam
Equity acts upon the person.
Crimen trahit personam
The crime brings with it the person. ( That is, the commission of a crime gives the courts of the place where it is committed jurisdiction over the person of the offender.
Debita sequuntur personam debitoris
Debts follow the person of the debtor. 0 That is, debts belong to no locality and may be collected wherever the debtor can be found.
Decimae de jure divino et canonica institutione pertinent ad personam.
Tithes belong to the parson by divine right and canonical institution.
In omni actione ubi duae concurrunt districtiones, videlicet in rem et in personam, illa districtio tenenda est quae magis timetur et magis ligat
In every action where two distresses (or forms of distraint) concur, that is in rem and in personam, the distraint is to be chosen that is more dreaded and that binds more firmly. Bracton 372.
Litis nomen omnem actionem signifzcat, sive in rem, sive in personam sit
The word "lis" (a lawsuit) signifies every action, whether it is in rem or in personam.
Mobilia personam sequuntur, immobilia situm
Movable things follow the person; immovable ones, their locality.
Mobilia sequuntur personam
Movables follow the person.
Natura fide jussionis sit strictissimi juris et non durat vel extendatur de re ad rem, de persona ad personam, de tempore ad tempus
The nature of the contract of suretyship is strictissimi juris, and does not endure or should not be extended from thing to thing, from person to person, or from time to time.
Personalia personam sequuntur
Personal things follow the person.
Personam
See IN PERSONAM.
Servitia personalia sequuntur personam
Personal services follow the person (of the lord).( Such "personal services" were those "annexed to the person of the Mesne, as homage, fealty, etc." 2 Co. Inst. 374.
actio in personam
See action in personam under ACTION..
action in personam
An action determining the rights and interests of the parties themselves in the subject matter of the case. - Also termed personal action; (in Roman law) actio in personam; actio personalis. See IN PERSONAM.
action in personam.
See ACTION.
exceptio in personam
A plea or defense of a personal nature that only the person to whom it is granted by law may assert.
in personam
adj. [Latin "against a person"] Involving or determining the personal rights and interests of the parties. - Also termed personal. - in personam , adv. See action in personam under ACTION. Cf. IN REM. "An action is said to be in personam when its object is to determine the rights and interests of the parties themselves in the subject-matter of the action, however the action may arise, and the effe
in personam judgment
See personal judgment.
in personam jurisdiction
See personal jurisdiction under JURISDICTION.
judgment in personam
See personal judgment under JUDGMENT.
jurisdiction in personam
See personal jurisdiction.
jus in personam
n. [Latin "right against a person"] A right of action against a particular person to enforce that person's obligation. See right in personam under RIGHT.
justice in personam
See personal justice under JUSTICE (1).
mobilia sequuntur personam.
[Latin] Int'l law. Movables follow the person - i.e., the law of the person. 0 This is the general principle that rights of ownership and transfer of movable property are determined by the law of the owner's domicile.
right in personam
An interest protected solely against specific individuals. - Also termed personal right; jus in personam. See IN PERSONAM.