Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

right in rem

A right exercisable against the world at large. - Also termed real right; jus in rem. See IN REM. "A right in rem need not relate to a tangible res. Thus a right that one's reputation should not be unjustifiably attacked is today described as a right in rem, since it is a right that avails against persons generally. This shows how far the conception has developed from the Roman notion of actio in rem, for one who sues to protect his reputation is not asking for judgment for a specific res. It should also be noticed that on breach of a right in rem, a right in personam arises against the aggressor." George Whitecross Paton, A Textbook of Jurisprudence 300 (G.W. Paton & David P. Derham eds., 4th ed. 1972).