Author Question: Explain the difference between subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, and in rem ... (Read 26 times)

lindiwe · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

Explain the difference between subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, and in rem jurisdiction.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

An attorney could lose his/her license or have it suspended as a result of a legal assistants' act or failure to act.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

ergserg · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

In rem jurisdiction is a court's power to adjudicate the rights to a given piece of property, including the power to seize and hold it. Personal jurisdiction is 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. Subject matter jurisdiction is jurisdiction over the nature of the case and the type of relief sought; the extent to which a court can rule on the conduct of persons or the status of things.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE