IN RE


Meaning of IN RE in English

I. -ˈrā, -ˈrē adverb

or in re·bus -ˈrābəs, -ˈrēb-

Etymology: in re from Latin, in the thing; in rebus from Latin, in the things

1. : in the individual : in the particular existing thing

many metaphysicians hold that universals exist in re

— see avicennism ; compare realism

2. : in something existing outside the mind

3. : in the real world

II. preposition

Etymology: Latin

: in the matter of : concerning , re — often used in the title or name of a case where the proceeding is in rem or quasi in rem and not in personam (as in a matter involving a probate or bankrupt estate, a guardianship, or an application for laying out a public highway) and occasionally in the title or name of an ex parte proceeding (as in an application for a writ of habeas corpus)

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