Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A
A hypothetical person <A deeds Blackacre to B>. 2. [Latin] From; by; in; on; of; at. 3. [Law Latin] With. 4. [Law French] Of; at; to; for; in; with. 5. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that a cash payment in addition to regular dividends was paid during the year. 6. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper mutual-fund transaction table to indicate a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest. 7. (cap.) Securities. A letter used in a newspaper corporate earnings report to identify the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock. 8. (cap.) Securities. An aboveaverage grade given to a debt obligation by a rating agency. 0 The grades, as ranked by Standard & Poor's, range from AAA (highest) down to C. The equivalent standards from Moody's are Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, and so on down to C. 9. Marine insurance. A rating assigned in Lloyd's Register of Shipping to ships considered to be in first-class condition. 10. abbr. ADVERSUS. 11. (cap.) Hist. A scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery. 12. Roman law. An abbreviation for absolvo written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal. 13. Roman law. An abbreviation for antiquo ("for the old law") written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.
A communi observantia non est recedendum
There should be no departure from common observance (or usage).
A digniori fieri debet denominatio et resolutio
The denomination and explanation ought to be derived from the more worthy.
A family, including household servants
"Familia A family or household, including servants, that is, hired persons (mercenarii or conductitii,) as well as bondsmen, and all who were under the authority of one master, (dominus.) Bracton uses the word in the original sense, as denoting servants or domestics." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 603-04 (2d ed. 1867)
A jure suo cadunt
They fall from their right. ( That is, they lose their right.
A justitia (quasi a quodam fonte) omnia jura emanant
From justice, as from a fountain. all rivhts flow
A l'impossible nul nest tenu
No one is hound to do what is impossible.
A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negative, licet non affirmative.
From impossibility to nonexistence the inference follows necessarily in the negative, though not in the affirmative.
A piratis aut latronibus capti liberi permanent.
Those captured by pirates or robbers remain free.
A piratis et latronibus capta dominium non mutant.
Things captured by pirates or robbers do not change their ownership.
A render
[law french i to render; to yield.
A reorganization
A reorganization that involves a merger or consolidation under a specific state statute.
A rescriptis valet argumentum
An argument from rescripts (i.e., original writs in the register) is valid.
A responses
n. [law latin] se(, apocrisarius.
A rubro ad nigrum .
[latin] from the red to the black - i.e., from the title of a statute (formerly often printed in red letters) to its body (often printed in black letters)
A summo remedio ad in feriorem actionem non habetur regressus neque auxilium
From the highest remedy to an inferior action there is no recourse or assistance.
A terme
[law french] for a term.
A terme de sa vie
[law french] for the term of his life.
A terme que passe est
[law french] for a term that has passed.
A terme que west mye encore passe
[law french] for a term that has not yet passed.
A tort et a travers
[law french] without consideration or discernment.
A tort ou a droit
[law french] right or wrong.
A verbis legis non est recedendum
From the words of the law there is to be no departure.
A vinculo matrimonii
[latin] from the bond of matrimony. See divorce a vinculo matrimonii under divorce.
A.A.C
ANNO ANTE CHRISTUM.
A.A.C.N.
ANNO ANTE CHRISTUM NATUM.
A.D. abbr.
ANNO DOMINI.
A.u.c
abbr. Ab urbe condita.
AAA.
1. AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION. 2. AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION. 3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES. 4. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT. 5. See accumulatedadjustments account under ACCOUNT (2).
AALS.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS.
AB.
See able-bodied seaman under SEAMAN. ab, prep. [Latin] From; by; of. ABA. abbr. 1. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. 2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION.
ABC test.
The rule that an employee is not entitled to unemployment insurance benefits if the employee (A) is free from the control of the employer, (B) works away from the employer's place of business, and (C) is engaged in an established trade. 9 The name derives from the A, B, and C commonly used in designating the three parts of the test.
ABC transaction.
Oil & gas. A sale of a working interest from an owner (A) to an operator (B) in return for a cash payment and the right to another (usu. larger) payment when the well produces, followed by A's sale of the right to the production payment to a corporation (C), which pays A in cash borrowed from a lender on C's pledge of the production payment. 9 Thus A receives cash taxed at capital-gains rates, and B pays part of the purchase price with nontaxable production income. The tax advantages of this transaction were eliminated by the Tax Reform Act of 1969.
ACLU.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
ACRS.
ACCELERATED COST-RECOVERY SYSTEM.
ADA.
abbr. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
ADB. abbr.
ACCIDENTAL-DEATH BENEFIT.
ADEA.
abbr. AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT.
AGGREGATION. - juxtapose
ub. - juxtapositional, adj.
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequential
A conclusion about the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid.
Ab assuetis non fit injuria
No injury is done by things long acquiesced in.
Abandum
n. [Law Latin] Hist. A thing that has been forfeited. - Also spelled abandun; abandonum.
Abarnare
vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To detect or disclose a secret crime; to bring to judgment.
Abatamentum
[Law Latin] Hist. See ABATEMENT (5).
Abatuda
[fr. Law Latin abatudus "debased"] Hist. A thing diminished, such as money reduced in value by clipping (moneta abatuda).
Abavia
[Latin] Civil law. A great-great-great grandmother.
Abavunculus
[Latin] Civil law. A great-great-great uncle. - Alsc termed avunculus maximus.
Abbreaiatio Placitorum
[Law Latin "summary of the pleas"] Hist. An abstract of pleadings culled from the rolls of the Curia Regis, Parliament, and common-law courts from the 12th to 14th centuries, compiled in the 17th century, printed in 1811, attributed to Arthur Agarde, Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer, and other keepers of the records. Cf. YEAR BOOKS.
Abbreviationum ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis
Such number and sense is to be given to abbreviations that the grant may not be void.
Abettator
[Law Latin] Archaic. See ABETTOR.