lien in rem
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 63 U.S. 422 - Emma Thompson v. Richard Roe · 1859Most cited · 29 citing opinions
It is the obvious intent of this law, that the thing or property shall be held liable for the tax assessed upon it, and that the tax is a lien in rem, which may be sold to satisfy it.
How often courts cite the case defining “lien in rem”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “lien in rem” — 29 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.