quasi in remadv.adj.

1826 B. Washington Rep. Circuit Court U.S.: 3rd Circuit 4 131 Prize causes are always in rem, against the vessel and cargo, or one of them; or quasi in rem against the proceeds, wherever they are.

1867 Amer. Law Reg. 9 588 The probate may be considered as a proceeding quasi in rem.

1887 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 119 187 There is, however, a large class of cases which are not strictly actions in rem, but are frequently spoken of as actions quasi in rem, because, though brought against persons, they only seek to subject certain property of those persons to the discharge of the claims asserted.

1904 Atlantic Reporter 57 555/2 In suits quasi in rem, that is, where the suit is against the person in respect of the res—where, for example, it has for its object partition or the sale or other disposition of defendant's property within the jurisdiction to satisfy plaintiff's demand by enforcing a lien upon it—personal service within the jurisdiction or appearance is not necessary.

1969 Columbia Law Rev. 69 143 The Nebraska action was one to quiet title; suits of that type are deemed, not proceedings in rem, but proceedings quasi in rem.

2005 Chicago Daily Law Bull. (Nexis) 28 Mar. 6 The custody and visitation of the child is decided quasi in rem.

1888 Amer. Law Reg. 36 479 It is a quasi in rem proceeding.

1926 Columbia Law Rev. 26 607 The process..is of the nature of an in rem, or as this particular proceeding is now often referred to, a quasi-in-rem action.

1970 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 19 181 One finds an interesting description..[of] the American quasi in rem jurisdiction.

1983 Virginia Law Rev. 69 96 They challenged the long-accepted premise that a quasi in rem action is essentially one against property.

2002 Alabama Law Rev. (Nexis) 53 447 The Supreme Court struck down the Delaware statute insofar as it subjected nonresident defendants to quasi in rem jurisdiction based simply on the artificial situs of their stockholdings in Delaware corporations.