personal jurisdiction
A court’s power to bring a person into its adjudicative process; jurisdiction over a defendant’s personal rights, rather than merely over property interests.¡ª Also termed in personam jurisdiction; jurisdiction in personam; jurisdiction of the person; jurisdiction over the person. See IN PERSONAM. Cf. in rem jurisdiction. [Cases: Admiralty 5; Constitutional Law 305(5, 6); Courts 10; Federal Courts 71¨C97. C.J.S. Admiralty ¡ì¡ì 23¨C25, 29, 67; Constitutional Law ¡ì¡ì 1151¨C1152; Courts ¡ì¡ì 39¨C40.]
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