JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does judgment in personam mean? 

• JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM (noun)
  The noun JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM has 1 sense:

1. a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages

  Familiarity information: JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDGMENT IN PERSONAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment

Hypernyms ("judgment in personam" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

Domain category:

corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Antonym:

judgment in rem (a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons))