Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Absque
[Latin] Without
absque aliquo inde reddendo
[Law Latin] Hist. Without rendering anything therefrom. This phrase appeared in royal grants in which no tenure was reserved. absque consideratione curiae (abs-kwee kansid-a-ray-shee-oh-nee kyoor-ee-ee)[Law Latin] Without the consideration of the court; without judgment.
absque dubio
[Latin] Without doubt.
absque hoc
[Latin] Archaic. Without this. The phrase was formerly used in common-law pleading to introduce the denial of allegations. - Also termed sans ce que. See TRAVERSE.
absque impetitione vasti
[Law Latin] Hist. See WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE.
absque tali causa
[Law Latin] Without such cause. In common-law pleading, this was part of the larger phrase de injuria sua propria, absque tali causa ("of his own wrong, without such cause") appearing in a reply that a trespass plaintiff made to counter a defendant's claim of excuse. In an assault case, for example, if a defendant pleaded that he had struck the plaintiff in self-defense, the plaintiff could reply that the defendant was guilty of his own wrong committed without such cause as alleged. ('f. DE INJURIA.
damnum absque injuria
See DAMNUM SINE INJURIA.
injuria absque damno
[Latin "injury without damage"] A legal wrong that will not sustain a lawsuit because no harm resulted from it. - Also termed injuria sine damno. Cf. DAMNUM SINE INJURIA.