Question

In Rem Jurisdiction is:

a. That law which addresses the issues of online speech and business that arise because of the nature of the medium.
b. A court’s power to bring a person into its adjudicative process.
c. A court’s power to adjudicate the rights to a given piece of property, including the power to seize and hold it.
d. That law which gives the United States Supreme Court the right to declare laws unconstitutional.

Answer 1

Answer: C. A court’s power to adjudicate the rights to a given piece of property, including the power to seize and hold it.

Explanation: In rem jurisdiction ("power about or against 'the thing") is a legal term describing the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal liabilities not necessarily associated with the property.