Etymology

in personam

Today it means: In a lawsuit against a specific individual, a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction that is served to a person to try a case. In personam means that a judgment can be enforceable against the person wherever he/she is. Full definition →

Latin in persōnam
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromin persōnam
  2. English todayin personam

From Latin in persōnam (literally “towards a person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.