When the defendant's property located within a state is seized to obtain payment of a judgment from a court from another state that is unrelated to the property being seized, the jurisdiction over the property is known as __________ jurisdiction.

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Quasi in rem jurisdiction refers to a court's power to adjudicate rights to a particular piece of property, including seizing property to satisfy a judgment, even if the property is unrelated to the original claim.

When the Defendant's Property Located Within a State Is Seized